#E8EC4D#E8EC4D

#E8EC4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.174 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC4D
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 77)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.64, -19.99, 72.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.64, 75.55, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(91.24% -0.0619 0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(91.24% 0.174 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.6158, 77.6842, 18.6105)
Luminance	0.7768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC4D #514DEC

analogous

#ECA04D #E8EC4D #99EC4D

triadic

#E8EC4D #4DE8EC #EC4DE8

tetradic

#E8EC4D #4DECA0 #514DEC #EC4D99

square

#E8EC4D #4DECA0 #514DEC #EC4D99

split-complementary

#E8EC4D #4D99EC #A04DEC

monochromatic

#A8AC12 #DEE418 #E8EC4D #EFF284 #F6F8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E8EC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#E8EC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC4D

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC4D	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.174 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f188',
    500: '#e8ec4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec4d;
$custom-light: #f3f188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.509,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9124,
    "c": 0.17422,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC4D

secondary

#3330AD

accent

#08DD0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC4D

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

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