#E8E778#E8E778

#E8E778 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.134 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E778
RGB	rgb(232, 231, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 48.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.70, -14.55, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.70, 55.60, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(90.62% -0.0421 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(90.62% 0.134 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.2463, 75.6653, 28.9335)
Luminance	0.7566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E778 #7879E8

analogous

#E8AF78 #E8E778 #B1E878

triadic

#E8E778 #78E8E7 #E778E8

tetradic

#E8E778 #78E8AF #7879E8 #E878B1

square

#E8E778 #78E8AF #7879E8 #E878B1

split-complementary

#E8E778 #78B1E8 #AF78E8

monochromatic

#C4C321 #DFDE44 #E8E778 #F1F0AC #FAFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E8E778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#E8E778 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E778

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E778	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 231, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.134 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1eea1',
    500: '#e8e778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e778;
$custom-light: #f1eea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.464,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90618,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E778

secondary

#4445C0

accent

#14D313

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E778

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

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