#E8EB5B#E8EB5B

#E8EB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.163 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EB5B
RGB	rgb(232, 235, 91)
HSL	hsl(61, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 61.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.47, -18.70, 67.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.47, 69.83, 105.53°)
OKLab	oklab(91.14% -0.0569 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(91.14% 0.163 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.8773, 77.3294, 21.4040)
Luminance	0.7733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EB5B #5E5BEB

analogous

#EBA65B #E8EB5B #A0EB5B

triadic

#E8EB5B #5BE8EB #EB5BE8

tetradic

#E8EB5B #5BEBA6 #5E5BEB #EB5BA0

square

#E8EB5B #5BEBA6 #5E5BEB #EB5BA0

split-complementary

#E8EB5B #5BA0EB #A65BEB

monochromatic

#B2B516 #E0E424 #E8EB5B #F0F292 #F7F8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E8EB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#E8EB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EB5B

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EB5B	1.00	1.28	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8eb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 235, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.163 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f18f',
    500: '#e8eb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8eb5b;
$custom-light: #f2f18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8eb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91142,
    "c": 0.1634,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EB5B

secondary

#3835B5

accent

#0BDB0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EB5B

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

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