#E8E899#E8E899

#E8E899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.100 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E899
RGB	rgb(232, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(60, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 34.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.40, -11.68, 38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.40, 40.23, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(91.31% -0.0313 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(91.31% 0.1 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.8857, 77.1702, 41.4500)
Luminance	0.7717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E899 #9999E8

analogous

#E8C099 #E8E899 #C0E899

triadic

#E8E899 #99E8E8 #E899E8

tetradic

#E8E899 #99E8C0 #9999E8 #E899C0

square

#E8E899 #99E8C0 #9999E8 #E899C0

split-complementary

#E8E899 #99C0E8 #C099E8

monochromatic

#D1D135 #DDDD67 #E8E899 #F3F3CB #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E8E899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#E8E899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E899

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E899	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.100 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0efb8',
    500: '#e8e899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e899;
$custom-light: #f0efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91314,
    "c": 0.09996,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E899

secondary

#6363C3

accent

#1BCB1B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E899

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

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