#E8D256#E8D256

#E8D256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.144 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D256
RGB	rgb(232, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.93, -6.60, 62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.93, 62.70, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0231 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.144 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.0074, 63.9234, 18.0853)
Luminance	0.6392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D256 #566CE8

analogous

#E88956 #E8D256 #B5E856

triadic

#E8D256 #56E8D2 #D256E8

tetradic

#E8D256 #56E889 #566CE8 #E856B5

square

#E8D256 #56E889 #566CE8 #E856B5

split-complementary

#E8D256 #56B5E8 #8956E8

monochromatic

#AC9617 #E1C420 #E8D256 #EFE08C #F7EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E8D256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#E8D256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D256

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D256	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.144 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3df8b',
    500: '#e8d256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d256;
$custom-light: #f3df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85919,
    "c": 0.14388,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D256

secondary

#3547AD

accent

#2CD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D256

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

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