#E8EA9C#E8EA9C

#E8EA9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.099 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EA9C
RGB	rgb(232, 234, 156)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(62, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 33.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.96, -12.32, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.96, 39.69, 108.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.78% -0.0329 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(91.78% 0.099 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.7028, 78.4029, 42.9601)
Luminance	0.7840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EA9C #9E9CEA

analogous

#EAC59C #E8EA9C #C1EA9C

triadic

#E8EA9C #9CE8EA #EA9CE8

tetradic

#E8EA9C #9CEAC5 #9E9CEA #EA9CC1

square

#E8EA9C #9CEAC5 #9E9CEA #EA9CC1

split-complementary

#E8EA9C #9CC1EA #C59CEA

monochromatic

#D1D537 #DCDF6A #E8EA9C #F4F5CE #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E8EA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#E8EA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EA9C

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EA9C	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ea9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 234, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.099 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f0ba',
    500: '#e8ea9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ea9c;
$custom-light: #f0f0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ea9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.538,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91776,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EA9C

secondary

#6765C5

accent

#19CD1D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EA9C

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

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