#E8E985#E8E985

#E8E985 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.123 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E985
RGB	rgb(232, 233, 133)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(61, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 42.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.38, -14.32, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.38, 50.39, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(91.21% -0.0403 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(91.21% 0.123 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.6524, 77.1285, 33.5619)
Luminance	0.7713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E985 #8685E9

analogous

#E9B885 #E8E985 #B6E985

triadic

#E8E985 #85E8E9 #E985E8

tetradic

#E8E985 #85E9B8 #8685E9 #E985B6

square

#E8E985 #85E9B8 #8685E9 #E985B6

split-complementary

#E8E985 #85B6E9 #B885E9

monochromatic

#CDCE25 #DEE051 #E8E985 #F2F2B9 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E8E985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#E8E985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E985

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E985	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E17D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 233, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.123 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1efaa',
    500: '#e8e985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e985;
$custom-light: #f1efaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91208,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E985

secondary

#5150C2

accent

#14D116

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E985

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

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