#E8E952#E8E952

#E8E952 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.168 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E952
RGB	rgb(232, 233, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.88, -18.27, 70.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.88, 72.56, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(90.65% -0.0566 0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(90.65% 0.168 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.9427, 76.0446, 19.2908)
Luminance	0.7604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E952 #5352E9

analogous

#E99E52 #E8E952 #9DE952

triadic

#E8E952 #52E8E9 #E952E8

tetradic

#E8E952 #52E99E #5352E9 #E9529D

square

#E8E952 #52E99E #5352E9 #E9529D

split-complementary

#E8E952 #529DE9 #9E52E9

monochromatic

#AAAB16 #E0E11D #E8E952 #EFF088 #F6F7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E8E952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#E8E952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E952

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E952	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBDF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 233, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.168 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef8a',
    500: '#e8e952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e952;
$custom-light: #f3ef8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.397,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90647,
    "c": 0.16789,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E952

secondary

#3433AC

accent

#0CDA0D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E952

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

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