#E8E964#E8E964

#E8E964 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.154 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E964
RGB	rgb(232, 233, 100)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 57.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.02, -17.12, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.02, 65.31, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.0515 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.154 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.7197, 76.3554, 23.3829)
Luminance	0.7635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E964 #6564E9

analogous

#E9A764 #E8E964 #A5E964

triadic

#E8E964 #64E8E9 #E964E8

tetradic

#E8E964 #64E9A7 #6564E9 #E964A5

square

#E8E964 #64E9A7 #6564E9 #E964A5

split-complementary

#E8E964 #64A5E9 #A764E9

monochromatic

#B7B81A #E0E12E #E8E964 #F0F19A #F8F8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E8E964 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#E8E964 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E964

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E964	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E964	1.00	1.29	16.27	16.27
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE56C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e964;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 233, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.154 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef95',
    500: '#e8e964',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e964;
$custom-light: #f2ef95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e964",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.451,
    "s": 75.141,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90808,
    "c": 0.15418,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E964

secondary

#3A39B8

accent

#0ED710

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E964

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

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