#E8EB5A#E8EB5A

#E8EB5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.164 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EB5A
RGB	rgb(232, 235, 90)
HSL	hsl(61, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 61.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.47, -18.76, 67.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.47, 70.23, 105.49°)
OKLab	oklab(91.13% -0.0572 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(91.13% 0.164 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.8344, 77.3123, 21.1783)
Luminance	0.7731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EB5A #5D5AEB

analogous

#EBA55A #E8EB5A #9FEB5A

triadic

#E8EB5A #5AE8EB #EB5AE8

tetradic

#E8EB5A #5AEBA5 #5D5AEB #EB5A9F

square

#E8EB5A #5AEBA5 #5D5AEB #EB5A9F

split-complementary

#E8EB5A #5A9FEB #A55AEB

monochromatic

#B1B516 #E0E423 #E8EB5A #F0F291 #F7F8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E8EB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#E8EB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EB5A

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EB5A	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8eb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 235, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.164 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f18f',
    500: '#e8eb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8eb5a;
$custom-light: #f2f18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8eb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.241,
    "s": 78.378,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91133,
    "c": 0.16416,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EB5A

secondary

#3735B5

accent

#0BDB0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EB5A

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

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