#E8E793#E8E793

#E8E793 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.106 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E793
RGB	rgb(232, 231, 147)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 36.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.05, -11.86, 41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.05, 42.72, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(91.01% -0.0322 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(91.01% 0.106 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.1219, 76.4156, 38.8119)
Luminance	0.7641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E793 #9394E8

analogous

#E8BD93 #E8E793 #BFE893

triadic

#E8E793 #93E8E7 #E793E8

tetradic

#E8E793 #93E8BD #9394E8 #E893BF

square

#E8E793 #93E8BD #9394E8 #E893BF

split-complementary

#E8E793 #93BFE8 #BD93E8

monochromatic

#D3D12E #DDDC61 #E8E793 #F3F2C5 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E8E793 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#E8E793 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E793

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E793	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E793	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E18D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e793;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 231, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.106 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eeb3',
    500: '#e8e793',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e793;
$custom-light: #f0eeb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e793",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.294,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91008,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E793

secondary

#5D5EC2

accent

#1BCD19

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E793

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

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