#E8EC5B#E8EC5B

#E8EC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.164 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC5B
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 91)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.74, -19.18, 67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.74, 70.23, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(91.35% -0.0583 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(91.35% 0.164 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.1644, 77.9037, 21.4997)
Luminance	0.7790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC5B #5F5BEC

analogous

#ECA85B #E8EC5B #A0EC5B

triadic

#E8EC5B #5BE8EC #EC5BE8

tetradic

#E8EC5B #5BECA8 #5F5BEC #EC5BA0

square

#E8EC5B #5BECA8 #5F5BEC #EC5BA0

split-complementary

#E8EC5B #5BA0EC #A85BEC

monochromatic

#B3B715 #E0E624 #E8EC5B #F0F292 #F7F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E8EC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#E8EC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC5B

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC5B	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.164 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f190',
    500: '#e8ec5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec5b;
$custom-light: #f2f190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.655,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91352,
    "c": 0.16444,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC5B

secondary

#3834B7

accent

#0ADC10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC5B

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

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