#E8E95E#E8E95E

#E8E95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.159 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E95E
RGB	rgb(232, 233, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.97, -17.53, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.97, 67.82, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(90.75% -0.0533 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(90.75% 0.159 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.4399, 76.2435, 21.9095)
Luminance	0.7624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E95E #5F5EE9

analogous

#E9A55E #E8E95E #A3E95E

triadic

#E8E95E #5EE8E9 #E95EE8

tetradic

#E8E95E #5EE9A5 #5F5EE9 #E95EA3

square

#E8E95E #5EE9A5 #5F5EE9 #E95EA3

split-complementary

#E8E95E #5EA3E9 #A55EE9

monochromatic

#B3B419 #E0E228 #E8E95E #F0F094 #F7F8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E8E95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#E8E95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E95E

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E95E	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 233, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.159 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef91',
    500: '#e8e95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e95e;
$custom-light: #f2ef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9075,
    "c": 0.15902,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E95E

secondary

#3837B4

accent

#0DD80F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E95E

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

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