#E8EC61#E8EC61

#E8EC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.160 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC61
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -18.79, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 67.80, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.41% -0.0565 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(91.41% 0.16 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.4336, 78.0114, 22.9178)
Luminance	0.7801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC61 #6561EC

analogous

#ECAB61 #E8EC61 #A2EC61

triadic

#E8EC61 #61E8EC #EC61E8

tetradic

#E8EC61 #61ECAB #6561EC #EC61A2

square

#E8EC61 #61ECAB #6561EC #EC61A2

split-complementary

#E8EC61 #61A2EC #AB61EC

monochromatic

#B7BC17 #E0E52A #E8EC61 #F0F398 #F8F9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E8EC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#E8EC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC61

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC61	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.160 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f293',
    500: '#e8ec61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec61;
$custom-light: #f2f293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.727,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91407,
    "c": 0.15977,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC61

secondary

#3A36BB

accent

#0BDB11

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC61

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

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