#E8D055#E8D055

#E8D055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.143 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D055
RGB	rgb(232, 208, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.40, -5.64, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.40, 62.47, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.0205 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.143 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.4768, 62.9261, 17.7110)
Luminance	0.6292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D055 #556DE8

analogous

#E88755 #E8D055 #B7E855

triadic

#E8D055 #55E8D0 #D055E8

tetradic

#E8D055 #55E887 #556DE8 #E855B7

square

#E8D055 #55E887 #556DE8 #E855B7

split-complementary

#E8D055 #55B7E8 #8755E8

monochromatic

#AB9317 #E1C11F #E8D055 #EFDF8B #F7EEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E8D055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#E8D055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D055

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D055	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 208, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.143 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de8a',
    500: '#e8d055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d055;
$custom-light: #f3de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85502,
    "c": 0.14306,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D055

secondary

#3548AD

accent

#2ED80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D055

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

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