#E8EC74#E8EC74

#E8EC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.143 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC74
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 116)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.97, -17.34, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.97, 59.59, 106.92°)
OKLab	oklab(91.61% -0.0505 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(91.61% 0.143 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.4280, 78.4091, 28.1548)
Luminance	0.7841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC74 #7874EC

analogous

#ECB474 #E8EC74 #ACEC74

triadic

#E8EC74 #74E8EC #EC74E8

tetradic

#E8EC74 #74ECB4 #7874EC #EC74AC

square

#E8EC74 #74ECB4 #7874EC #EC74AC

split-complementary

#E8EC74 #74ACEC #B474EC

monochromatic

#C4CA1C #DFE53E #E8EC74 #F1F3AA #FAFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E8EC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#E8EC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC74

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC74	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.143 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f29f',
    500: '#e8ec74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec74;
$custom-light: #f1f29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9161,
    "c": 0.14329,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC74

secondary

#4440C5

accent

#0DD814

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC74

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

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