#E8EC99#E8EC99

#E8EC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.105 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC99
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(63, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.44, -13.66, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.44, 42.12, 108.93°)
OKLab	oklab(92.14% -0.0369 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(92.14% 0.105 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.0245, 79.4477, 41.8296)
Luminance	0.7945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC99 #9D99EC

analogous

#ECC799 #E8EC99 #BFEC99

triadic

#E8EC99 #99E8EC #EC99E8

tetradic

#E8EC99 #99ECC7 #9D99EC #EC99BF

square

#E8EC99 #99ECC7 #9D99EC #EC99BF

split-complementary

#E8EC99 #99BFEC #C799EC

monochromatic

#D1D932 #DCE265 #E8EC99 #F4F6CD #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#E8EC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#E8EC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC99

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC99	1.00	1.24	16.89	16.89
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.105 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f2b8',
    500: '#e8ec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec99;
$custom-light: #f0f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.892,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92137,
    "c": 0.10479,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC99

secondary

#6662C8

accent

#15D11E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC99

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

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