#E8E970#E8E970

#E8E970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.144 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E970
RGB	rgb(232, 233, 112)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 51.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.14, -16.21, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.14, 60.09, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.94% -0.0477 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(90.94% 0.144 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.3438, 76.6051, 26.6702)
Luminance	0.7660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E970 #7170E9

analogous

#E9AE70 #E8E970 #ABE970

triadic

#E8E970 #70E8E9 #E970E8

tetradic

#E8E970 #70E9AE #7170E9 #E970AB

square

#E8E970 #70E9AE #7170E9 #E970AB

split-complementary

#E8E970 #70ABE9 #AE70E9

monochromatic

#C0C11E #DFE13B #E8E970 #F1F1A5 #F9F9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E8E970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#E8E970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E970

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E970	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 233, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.144 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef9c',
    500: '#e8e970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e970;
$custom-light: #f2ef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.496,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90937,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E970

secondary

#3F3EC0

accent

#10D512

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E970

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

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