#E8EC4F#E8EC4F

#E8EC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.173 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC4F
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 79)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.65, -19.88, 72.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.65, 74.83, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0614 0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.173 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.6875, 77.7129, 18.9881)
Luminance	0.7771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC4F #534FEC

analogous

#ECA24F #E8EC4F #99EC4F

triadic

#E8EC4F #4FE8EC #EC4FE8

tetradic

#E8EC4F #4FECA2 #534FEC #EC4F99

square

#E8EC4F #4FECA2 #534FEC #EC4F99

split-complementary

#E8EC4F #4F99EC #A24FEC

monochromatic

#AAAE13 #E0E519 #E8EC4F #EFF286 #F6F8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E8EC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#E8EC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC4F

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC4F	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)

#FEE237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.173 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f189',
    500: '#e8ec4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec4f;
$custom-light: #f3f189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.529,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91254,
    "c": 0.17293,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC4F

secondary

#3431AE

accent

#09DD0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC4F

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

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