#E8E95B#E8E95B

#E8E95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.161 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E95B
RGB	rgb(232, 233, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.95, -17.72, 66.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.95, 69.04, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(90.72% -0.0541 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(90.72% 0.161 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.3079, 76.1907, 21.2142)
Luminance	0.7619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E95B #5C5BE9

analogous

#E9A35B #E8E95B #A1E95B

triadic

#E8E95B #5BE8E9 #E95BE8

tetradic

#E8E95B #5BE9A3 #5C5BE9 #E95BA1

square

#E8E95B #5BE9A3 #5C5BE9 #E95BA1

split-complementary

#E8E95B #5BA1E9 #A35BE9

monochromatic

#B1B218 #E0E225 #E8E95B #F0F091 #F7F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E8E95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#E8E95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E95B

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E95B	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 233, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.161 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef8f',
    500: '#e8e95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e95b;
$custom-light: #f2ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.423,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90723,
    "c": 0.16135,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E95B

secondary

#3736B2

accent

#0DD90E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E95B

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

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