#E8E893#E8E893

#E8E893 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.107 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E893
RGB	rgb(232, 232, 147)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 37%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 36.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.31, -12.36, 41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.31, 43.18, 106.63°)
OKLab	oklab(91.21% -0.0336 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(91.21% 0.107 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.4026, 76.9769, 38.9055)
Luminance	0.7698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E893 #9393E8

analogous

#E8BE93 #E8E893 #BEE893

triadic

#E8E893 #93E8E8 #E893E8

tetradic

#E8E893 #93E8BE #9393E8 #E893BE

square

#E8E893 #93E8BE #9393E8 #E893BE

split-complementary

#E8E893 #93BEE8 #BE93E8

monochromatic

#D3D32E #DDDD61 #E8E893 #F3F3C5 #FAFAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E8E893 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#E8E893 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E893

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E893	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E893	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E18D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e893;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 232, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.107 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0efb4',
    500: '#e8e893',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e893;
$custom-light: #f0efb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e893",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91214,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E893

secondary

#5D5DC2

accent

#19CD19

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E893

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

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