#E8E96B#E8E96B

#E8E96B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.148 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E96B
RGB	rgb(232, 233, 107)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 54.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.09, -16.60, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.09, 62.30, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(90.88% -0.0493 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(90.88% 0.148 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.0732, 76.4968, 25.2445)
Luminance	0.7650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E96B #6C6BE9

analogous

#E9AB6B #E8E96B #A9E96B

triadic

#E8E96B #6BE8E9 #E96BE8

tetradic

#E8E96B #6BE9AB #6C6BE9 #E96BA9

square

#E8E96B #6BE9AB #6C6BE9 #E96BA9

split-complementary

#E8E96B #6BA9E9 #AB6BE9

monochromatic

#BCBD1C #E0E136 #E8E96B #F0F1A0 #F9F9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E8E96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#E8E96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E96B

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E96B	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E05E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 233, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.148 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef99',
    500: '#e8e96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e96b;
$custom-light: #f2ef99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.476,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90881,
    "c": 0.14818,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E96B

secondary

#3D3CBC

accent

#0FD611

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E96B

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

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