#E8EB8A#E8EB8A

#E8EB8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.120 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EB8A
RGB	rgb(232, 235, 138)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(62, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 41.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.97, -14.80, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.97, 48.92, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0413 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.12 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.5755, 78.4087, 35.6144)
Luminance	0.7841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EB8A #8D8AEB

analogous

#EBBD8A #E8EB8A #B7EB8A

triadic

#E8EB8A #8AE8EB #EB8AE8

tetradic

#E8EB8A #8AEBBD #8D8AEB #EB8AB7

square

#E8EB8A #8AEBBD #8D8AEB #EB8AB7

split-complementary

#E8EB8A #8AB7EB #BD8AEB

monochromatic

#D1D625 #DEE256 #E8EB8A #F2F4BE #FAFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E8EB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#E8EB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EB8A

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EB8A	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)

#F9E382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE78E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8eb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 235, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.120 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f1ad',
    500: '#e8eb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8eb8a;
$custom-light: #f1f1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8eb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.856,
    "s": 70.803,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91694,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EB8A

secondary

#5754C5

accent

#13D319

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EB8A

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

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