#E8D056#E8D056

#E8D056 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D056
RGB	rgb(232, 208, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.41, -5.58, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.41, 62.04, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.0202 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5168, 62.9421, 17.9217)
Luminance	0.6294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D056 #566EE8

analogous

#E88756 #E8D056 #B7E856

triadic

#E8D056 #56E8D0 #D056E8

tetradic

#E8D056 #56E887 #566EE8 #E856B7

square

#E8D056 #56E887 #566EE8 #E856B7

split-complementary

#E8D056 #56B7E8 #8756E8

monochromatic

#AC9417 #E1C120 #E8D056 #EFDF8C #F7EEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E8D056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#E8D056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D056

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D056	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 208, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de8b',
    500: '#e8d056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d056;
$custom-light: #f3de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85512,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D056

secondary

#3549AD

accent

#2FD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D056

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

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