#E8D155#E8D155

#E8D155 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.144 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D155
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.66, -6.15, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.66, 62.79, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.71% -0.0219 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(85.71% 0.144 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.7213, 63.4152, 17.7925)
Luminance	0.6341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D155 #556CE8

analogous

#E88755 #E8D155 #B6E855

triadic

#E8D155 #55E8D1 #D155E8

tetradic

#E8D155 #55E887 #556CE8 #E855B6

square

#E8D155 #55E887 #556CE8 #E855B6

split-complementary

#E8D155 #55B6E8 #8755E8

monochromatic

#AB9417 #E1C21F #E8D155 #EFE08B #F7EEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8D155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#E8D155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D155

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D155	1.00	1.53	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.144 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de8a',
    500: '#e8d155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d155;
$custom-light: #f3de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85706,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D155

secondary

#3547AD

accent

#2DD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D155

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

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