#E8E962#E8E962

#E8E962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.156 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E962
RGB	rgb(232, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.01, -17.26, 63.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.01, 66.16, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.0521 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.156 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.6241, 76.3172, 22.8794)
Luminance	0.7631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E962 #6362E9

analogous

#E9A662 #E8E962 #A5E962

triadic

#E8E962 #62E8E9 #E962E8

tetradic

#E8E962 #62E9A6 #6362E9 #E962A5

square

#E8E962 #62E9A6 #6362E9 #E962A5

split-complementary

#E8E962 #62A5E9 #A662E9

monochromatic

#B6B71A #E0E12C #E8E962 #F0F198 #F8F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E8E962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#E8E962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E962

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E962	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.156 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef94',
    500: '#e8e962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e962;
$custom-light: #f2ef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.444,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90788,
    "c": 0.15582,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E962

secondary

#3938B7

accent

#0ED80F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E962

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

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