#E8EC4B#E8EC4B

#E8EC4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.175 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC4B
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 75)
HSL	hsl(61, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.62, -20.09, 73.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.62, 76.27, 105.28°)
OKLab	oklab(91.23% -0.0624 0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(91.23% 0.175 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.5463, 77.6564, 18.2443)
Luminance	0.7765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC4B #4F4BEC

analogous

#EC9F4B #E8EC4B #97EC4B

triadic

#E8EC4B #4BE8EC #EC4BE8

tetradic

#E8EC4B #4BEC9F #4F4BEC #EC4B97

square

#E8EC4B #4BEC9F #4F4BEC #EC4B97

split-complementary

#E8EC4B #4B97EC #9F4BEC

monochromatic

#A7AB12 #DDE218 #E8EC4B #EFF282 #F6F8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E8EC4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#E8EC4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC4B

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC4B	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.175 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f187',
    500: '#e8ec4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec4b;
$custom-light: #f3f187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.491,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91226,
    "c": 0.17549,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC4B

secondary

#3330AC

accent

#08DD0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC4B

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

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