#E8E772#E8E772

#E8E772 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.140 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E772
RGB	rgb(232, 231, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 50.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.64, -15.06, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.64, 58.34, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(90.54% -0.0442 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(90.54% 0.14 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.8935, 75.5242, 27.0755)
Luminance	0.7552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E772 #7273E8

analogous

#E8AC72 #E8E772 #AEE872

triadic

#E8E772 #72E8E7 #E772E8

tetradic

#E8E772 #72E8AC #7273E8 #E872AE

square

#E8E772 #72E8AC #7273E8 #E872AE

split-complementary

#E8E772 #72AEE8 #AC72E8

monochromatic

#C0BF1F #DFDE3D #E8E772 #F1F0A7 #F9F9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E8E772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#E8E772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E772

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E772	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 231, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.140 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ee9d',
    500: '#e8e772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e772;
$custom-light: #f1ee9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90544,
    "c": 0.13969,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E772

secondary

#3F40BF

accent

#13D411

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E772

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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