#E8EB99#E8EB99

#E8EB99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.104 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EB99
RGB	rgb(232, 235, 153)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(62, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 34.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.18, -13.17, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.18, 41.64, 108.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.93% -0.0355 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(91.93% 0.104 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.7374, 78.8735, 41.7339)
Luminance	0.7887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EB99 #9C99EB

analogous

#EBC599 #E8EB99 #BFEB99

triadic

#E8EB99 #99E8EB #EB99E8

tetradic

#E8EB99 #99EBC5 #9C99EB #EB99BF

square

#E8EB99 #99EBC5 #9C99EB #EB99BF

split-complementary

#E8EB99 #99BFEB #C599EB

monochromatic

#D1D733 #DCE166 #E8EB99 #F4F5CC #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E8EB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#E8EB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EB99

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EB99	1.00	1.25	16.77	16.77
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8eb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 235, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.104 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f1b8',
    500: '#e8eb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8eb99;
$custom-light: #f0f1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8eb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.195,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91931,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EB99

secondary

#6562C6

accent

#16CF1D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EB99

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

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