#E8EA5B#E8EA5B

#E8EA5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.162 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EA5B
RGB	rgb(232, 234, 91)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.21, -18.21, 67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.21, 69.44, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.93% -0.0555 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(90.93% 0.162 110)
XYZ	xyz(64.5918, 76.7585, 21.3088)
Luminance	0.7676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EA5B #5D5BEA

analogous

#EAA45B #E8EA5B #A0EA5B

triadic

#E8EA5B #5BE8EA #EA5BE8

tetradic

#E8EA5B #5BEAA4 #5D5BEA #EA5BA0

square

#E8EA5B #5BEAA4 #5D5BEA #EA5BA0

split-complementary

#E8EA5B #5BA0EA #A45BEA

monochromatic

#B1B417 #E0E325 #E8EA5B #F0F191 #F7F8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E8EA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#E8EA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EA5B

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EA5B	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ea5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 234, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.162 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f08f',
    500: '#e8ea5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ea5b;
$custom-light: #f2f08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ea5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.839,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90932,
    "c": 0.16238,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.76757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EA5B

secondary

#3736B4

accent

#0CDA0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EA5B

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

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