#E8EC66#E8EC66

#E8EC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.156 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC66
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 102)
HSL	hsl(62, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 56.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.83, -18.44, 63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.83, 65.71, 106.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.46% -0.055 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(91.46% 0.156 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.6742, 78.1076, 24.1845)
Luminance	0.7811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC66 #6A66EC

analogous

#ECAD66 #E8EC66 #A5EC66

triadic

#E8EC66 #66E8EC #EC66E8

tetradic

#E8EC66 #66ECAD #6A66EC #EC66A5

square

#E8EC66 #66ECAD #6A66EC #EC66A5

split-complementary

#E8EC66 #66A5EC #AD66EC

monochromatic

#BBC018 #E0E530 #E8EC66 #F0F39C #F8FAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E8EC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#E8EC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC66

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC66	1.00	1.26	16.62	16.62
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE76E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.156 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f296',
    500: '#e8ec66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec66;
$custom-light: #f2f296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.791,
    "s": 77.907,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91456,
    "c": 0.15568,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC66

secondary

#3C38BE

accent

#0BDA12

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC66

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

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