#E8EA8B#E8EA8B

#E8EA8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.118 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EA8B
RGB	rgb(232, 234, 139)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(61, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 40.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.72, -14.21, 45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.72, 47.98, 107.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.5% -0.0395 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(91.5% 0.118 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.3627, 77.8668, 35.9023)
Luminance	0.7787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EA8B #8D8BEA

analogous

#EABC8B #E8EA8B #B8EA8B

triadic

#E8EA8B #8BE8EA #EA8BE8

tetradic

#E8EA8B #8BEABC #8D8BEA #EA8BB8

square

#E8EA8B #8BEABC #8D8BEA #EA8BB8

split-complementary

#E8EA8B #8BB8EA #BC8BEA

monochromatic

#D1D426 #DEE157 #E8EA8B #F2F3BF #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E8EA8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#E8EA8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EA8B

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EA8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EA8B	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E68F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ea8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 234, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.118 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f0ae',
    500: '#e8ea8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ea8b;
$custom-light: #f1f0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ea8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.263,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91502,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EA8B

secondary

#5755C4

accent

#14D118

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EA8B

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

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