#E8E85B#E8E85B

#E8E85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.160 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E85B
RGB	rgb(232, 232, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.69, -17.24, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.69, 68.64, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.0528 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.16 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.0256, 75.6261, 21.1201)
Luminance	0.7562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E85B #5B5BE8

analogous

#E8A15B #E8E85B #A1E85B

triadic

#E8E85B #5BE8E8 #E85BE8

tetradic

#E8E85B #5BE8A1 #5B5BE8 #E85BA1

square

#E8E85B #5BE8A1 #5B5BE8 #E85BA1

split-complementary

#E8E85B #5BA1E8 #A15BE8

monochromatic

#B0B019 #E0E025 #E8E85B #F0F091 #F7F7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E8E85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#E8E85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E85B

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E85B	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 232, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.160 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef8f',
    500: '#e8e85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e85b;
$custom-light: #f2ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90513,
    "c": 0.16033,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E85B

secondary

#3737B1

accent

#0ED80E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E85B

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

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