#E8E862#E8E862

#E8E862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.155 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E862
RGB	rgb(232, 232, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.74, -16.77, 63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.74, 65.75, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(90.58% -0.0507 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(90.58% 0.155 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.3418, 75.7526, 22.7853)
Luminance	0.7575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E862 #6262E8

analogous

#E8A562 #E8E862 #A5E862

triadic

#E8E862 #62E8E8 #E862E8

tetradic

#E8E862 #62E8A5 #6262E8 #E862A5

square

#E8E862 #62E8A5 #6262E8 #E862A5

split-complementary

#E8E862 #62A5E8 #A562E8

monochromatic

#B5B51B #E0E02D #E8E862 #F0F097 #F8F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E8E862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#E8E862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E862

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E862	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 232, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.155 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef93',
    500: '#e8e862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e862;
$custom-light: #f2ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90579,
    "c": 0.15479,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E862

secondary

#3939B5

accent

#0FD70F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E862

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

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