#E8D156#E8D156

#E8D156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.143 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D156
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.67, -6.09, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.67, 62.37, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(85.72% -0.0216 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(85.72% 0.143 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.7613, 63.4312, 18.0032)
Luminance	0.6343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D156 #566DE8

analogous

#E88856 #E8D156 #B6E856

triadic

#E8D156 #56E8D1 #D156E8

tetradic

#E8D156 #56E888 #566DE8 #E856B6

square

#E8D156 #56E888 #566DE8 #E856B6

split-complementary

#E8D156 #56B6E8 #8856E8

monochromatic

#AC9517 #E1C220 #E8D156 #EFE08C #F7EEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8D156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#E8D156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D156

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D156	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.143 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de8b',
    500: '#e8d156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d156;
$custom-light: #f3de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85715,
    "c": 0.14307,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D156

secondary

#3548AD

accent

#2DD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D156

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

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