#E8E85C#E8E85C

#E8E85C 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 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E85C
RGB	rgb(232, 232, 92)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.69, -17.17, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.69, 68.24, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(90.52% -0.0525 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(90.52% 0.16 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.0690, 75.6435, 21.3488)
Luminance	0.7564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E85C #5C5CE8

analogous

#E8A25C #E8E85C #A2E85C

triadic

#E8E85C #5CE8E8 #E85CE8

tetradic

#E8E85C #5CE8A2 #5C5CE8 #E85CA2

square

#E8E85C #5CE8A2 #5C5CE8 #E85CA2

split-complementary

#E8E85C #5CA2E8 #A25CE8

monochromatic

#B1B119 #E0E026 #E8E85C #F0F092 #F7F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E8E85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#E8E85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E85C

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E85C	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)

#F9DF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 232, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.160 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef90',
    500: '#e8e85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e85c;
$custom-light: #f2ef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90522,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E85C

secondary

#3737B1

accent

#0ED70E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E85C

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

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