#E8EA9D#E8EA9D

#E8EA9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.098 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EA9D
RGB	rgb(232, 234, 157)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(62, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 32.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.98, -12.20, 37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.98, 39.20, 108.14°)
OKLab	oklab(91.79% -0.0325 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(91.79% 0.098 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.7878, 78.4369, 43.4079)
Luminance	0.7844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EA9D #9F9DEA

analogous

#EAC69D #E8EA9D #C2EA9D

triadic

#E8EA9D #9DE8EA #EA9DE8

tetradic

#E8EA9D #9DEAC6 #9F9DEA #EA9DC2

square

#E8EA9D #9DEAC6 #9F9DEA #EA9DC2

split-complementary

#E8EA9D #9DC2EA #C69DEA

monochromatic

#D0D438 #DCDF6B #E8EA9D #F4F5CF #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E8EA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#E8EA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EA9D

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EA9D	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ea9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 234, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.098 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f0ba',
    500: '#e8ea9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ea9d;
$custom-light: #f0f0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ea9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.558,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91793,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EA9D

secondary

#6866C5

accent

#19CD1E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EA9D

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

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