#E8EE5B#E8EE5B

#E8EE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.167 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EE5B
RGB	rgb(232, 238, 91)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.26, -20.15, 68.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.26, 71.04, 106.48°)
OKLab	oklab(91.77% -0.061 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(91.77% 0.167 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.7434, 79.0617, 21.6927)
Luminance	0.7906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EE5B #615BEE

analogous

#EEAB5B #E8EE5B #9FEE5B

triadic

#E8EE5B #5BE8EE #EE5BE8

tetradic

#E8EE5B #5BEEAB #615BEE #EE5B9F

square

#E8EE5B #5BEEAB #615BEE #EE5B9F

split-complementary

#E8EE5B #5B9FEE #AB5BEE

monochromatic

#B4BB13 #E0E824 #E8EE5B #F0F492 #F8F9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E8EE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.81

#E8EE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EE5B

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EE5B	1.00	1.25	16.81	16.81
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ee5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 238, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.167 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f390',
    500: '#e8ee5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ee5b;
$custom-light: #f2f390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ee5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.449,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91773,
    "c": 0.16652,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EE5B

secondary

#3933BA

accent

#08DE11

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EE5B

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

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