#E8EA99#E8EA99

#E8EA99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.102 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EA99
RGB	rgb(232, 234, 153)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(61, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 34.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.92, -12.67, 39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.92, 41.17, 107.93°)
OKLab	oklab(91.73% -0.0341 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(91.73% 0.102 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.4519, 78.3025, 41.6387)
Luminance	0.7830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EA99 #9B99EA

analogous

#EAC399 #E8EA99 #BFEA99

triadic

#E8EA99 #99E8EA #EA99E8

tetradic

#E8EA99 #99EAC3 #9B99EA #EA99BF

square

#E8EA99 #99EAC3 #9B99EA #EA99BF

split-complementary

#E8EA99 #99BFEA #C399EA

monochromatic

#D1D533 #DDE066 #E8EA99 #F3F4CC #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E8EA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.66

#E8EA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EA99

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EA99	1.00	1.26	16.66	16.66
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ea99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 234, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.102 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f0b8',
    500: '#e8ea99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ea99;
$custom-light: #f0f0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ea99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.481,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91725,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EA99

secondary

#6562C5

accent

#18CE1C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EA99

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

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