#E8EE61#E8EE61

#E8EE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.162 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EE61
RGB	rgb(232, 238, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.31, -19.75, 65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.31, 68.62, 106.73°)
OKLab	oklab(91.83% -0.0593 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(91.83% 0.162 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.0127, 79.1694, 23.1108)
Luminance	0.7917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EE61 #6761EE

analogous

#EEAD61 #E8EE61 #A1EE61

triadic

#E8EE61 #61E8EE #EE61E8

tetradic

#E8EE61 #61EEAD #6761EE #EE61A1

square

#E8EE61 #61EEAD #6761EE #EE61A1

split-complementary

#E8EE61 #61A1EE #AD61EE

monochromatic

#B9C015 #E0E82A #E8EE61 #F0F498 #F8FAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E8EE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#E8EE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EE61

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EE61	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ee61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 238, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.162 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f393',
    500: '#e8ee61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ee61;
$custom-light: #f2f393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ee61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.553,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91827,
    "c": 0.16189,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EE61

secondary

#3B35BE

accent

#09DD12

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EE61

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

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