#E8E8E2#E8E8E2

#E8E8E2 is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.008 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E8E2
RGB	rgb(232, 232, 226)
HSL	hsl(60, 12%, 90%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.85, -1.06, 2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.85, 3.10, 109.92°)
OKLab	oklab(92.93% -0.0023 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(92.93% 0.008 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.8607, 80.3601, 83.4513)
Luminance	0.8036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E8E2 #E2E2E8

analogous

#E8E5E2 #E8E8E2 #E5E8E2

triadic

#E8E8E2 #E2E8E8 #E8E2E8

tetradic

#E8E8E2 #E2E8E5 #E2E2E8 #E8E2E5

square

#E8E8E2 #E2E8E5 #E2E2E8 #E8E2E5

split-complementary

#E8E8E2 #E2E5E8 #E5E2E8

monochromatic

#B2B29E #CDCDC0 #E8E8E2 #F1F1EE #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#E8E8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.07

#E8E8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E8E2

17.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E8E2	1.00	1.23	17.07	17.07
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9E7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9E8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E7E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 232, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.008 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efefeb',
    500: '#e8e8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e8e2;
$custom-light: #efefeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 89.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92933,
    "c": 0.00801,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.8036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E8E2

secondary

#B1B1BD

accent

#509650

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFD

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161616

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E8E2

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

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