#E8EC50#E8EC50

#E8EC50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.172 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC50
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 80)
HSL	hsl(62, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 66.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.66, -19.83, 71.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.66, 74.46, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.26% -0.0612 0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(91.26% 0.172 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.7242, 77.7276, 19.1813)
Luminance	0.7773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC50 #5450EC

analogous

#ECA250 #E8EC50 #9AEC50

triadic

#E8EC50 #50E8EC #EC50E8

tetradic

#E8EC50 #50ECA2 #5450EC #EC509A

square

#E8EC50 #50ECA2 #5450EC #EC509A

split-complementary

#E8EC50 #509AEC #A250EC

monochromatic

#ABAF13 #E1E619 #E8EC50 #EFF287 #F7F8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E8EC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#E8EC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC50

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC50	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.172 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f189',
    500: '#e8ec50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec50;
$custom-light: #f3f189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.538,
    "s": 80.412,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91262,
    "c": 0.17226,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC50

secondary

#3431AF

accent

#09DD0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC50

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

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