#E8EC6A#E8EC6A

#E8EC6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.152 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC6A
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 106)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 55.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.87, -18.14, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.87, 63.99, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.5% -0.0538 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(91.5% 0.152 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.8773, 78.1888, 25.2546)
Luminance	0.7819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC6A #6E6AEC

analogous

#ECAF6A #E8EC6A #A7EC6A

triadic

#E8EC6A #6AE8EC #EC6AE8

tetradic

#E8EC6A #6AECAF #6E6AEC #EC6AA7

square

#E8EC6A #6AECAF #6E6AEC #EC6AA7

split-complementary

#E8EC6A #6AA7EC #AF6AEC

monochromatic

#BEC319 #E0E534 #E8EC6A #F0F3A0 #F9FAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E8EC6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#E8EC6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC6A

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC6A	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.152 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f299',
    500: '#e8ec6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec6a;
$custom-light: #f2f299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.846,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91498,
    "c": 0.15228,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC6A

secondary

#3E39C1

accent

#0CDA12

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC6A

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

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