#E8ED5A#E8ED5A

#E8ED5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.166 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8ED5A
RGB	rgb(232, 237, 90)
HSL	hsl(62, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 62%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.99, -19.73, 68.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.99, 71.03, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(91.55% -0.0599 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(91.55% 0.166 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.4102, 78.4639, 21.3703)
Luminance	0.7846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8ED5A #5F5AED

analogous

#EDA95A #E8ED5A #9FED5A

triadic

#E8ED5A #5AE8ED #ED5AE8

tetradic

#E8ED5A #5AEDA9 #5F5AED #ED5A9F

square

#E8ED5A #5AEDA9 #5F5AED #ED5A9F

split-complementary

#E8ED5A #5A9FED #A95AED

monochromatic

#B3B814 #E0E723 #E8ED5A #F0F391 #F7F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E8ED5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#E8ED5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8ED5A

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8ED5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8ED5A	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ed5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 237, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.166 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f28f',
    500: '#e8ed5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ed5a;
$custom-light: #f2f28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ed5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.041,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91553,
    "c": 0.16623,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8ED5A

secondary

#3833B8

accent

#09DD10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8ED5A

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

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