#E8EB51#E8EB51

#E8EB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.171 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EB51
RGB	rgb(232, 235, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.40, -19.29, 71.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.40, 73.70, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(91.06% -0.0596 0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(91.06% 0.171 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.4743, 77.1683, 19.2816)
Luminance	0.7717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EB51 #5451EB

analogous

#EBA151 #E8EB51 #9BEB51

triadic

#E8EB51 #51E8EB #EB51E8

tetradic

#E8EB51 #51EBA1 #5451EB #EB519B

square

#E8EB51 #51EBA1 #5451EB #EB519B

split-complementary

#E8EB51 #519BEB #A151EB

monochromatic

#ABAE14 #E1E51A #E8EB51 #EFF188 #F7F8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E8EB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#E8EB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EB51

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EB51	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8eb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 235, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.171 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f18a',
    500: '#e8eb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8eb51;
$custom-light: #f3f18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8eb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.169,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91059,
    "c": 0.17058,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EB51

secondary

#3432AE

accent

#0ADC0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EB51

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

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