#E8E84B#E8E84B

#E8E84B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.172 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E84B
RGB	rgb(232, 232, 75)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.57, -18.16, 72.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.57, 74.77, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.38% -0.057 0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(90.38% 0.172 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.4075, 75.3789, 17.8647)
Luminance	0.7538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E84B #4B4BE8

analogous

#E8994B #E8E84B #99E84B

triadic

#E8E84B #4BE8E8 #E84BE8

tetradic

#E8E84B #4BE899 #4B4BE8 #E84B99

square

#E8E84B #4BE899 #4B4BE8 #E84B99

split-complementary

#E8E84B #4B99E8 #994BE8

monochromatic

#A4A415 #DADA1C #E8E84B #EFEF81 #F6F6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E8E84B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#E8E84B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E84B

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E84B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E84B	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e84b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 232, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.172 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef86',
    500: '#e8e84b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e84b;
$custom-light: #f3ef86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e84b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90384,
    "c": 0.17156,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E84B

secondary

#3131A6

accent

#0CDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E84B

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

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