#E8ED5B#E8ED5B

#E8ED5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.165 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8ED5B
RGB	rgb(232, 237, 91)
HSL	hsl(62, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.00, -19.67, 67.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.00, 70.64, 106.16°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.0596 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.165 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.4531, 78.4811, 21.5960)
Luminance	0.7848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8ED5B #605BED

analogous

#EDA95B #E8ED5B #9FED5B

triadic

#E8ED5B #5BE8ED #ED5BE8

tetradic

#E8ED5B #5BEDA9 #605BED #ED5B9F

square

#E8ED5B #5BEDA9 #605BED #ED5B9F

split-complementary

#E8ED5B #5B9FED #A95BED

monochromatic

#B4B914 #E0E724 #E8ED5B #F0F392 #F7F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E8ED5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#E8ED5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8ED5B

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8ED5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8ED5B	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ed5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 237, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.165 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f290',
    500: '#e8ed5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ed5b;
$custom-light: #f2f290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ed5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.055,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91562,
    "c": 0.16547,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8ED5B

secondary

#3834B8

accent

#09DD10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8ED5B

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

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