#E8D557#E8D557

#E8D557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.146 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D557
RGB	rgb(232, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -8.05, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 63.28, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.0271 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.146 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.7956, 65.4349, 18.5481)
Luminance	0.6543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D557 #576AE8

analogous

#E88D57 #E8D557 #B2E857

triadic

#E8D557 #57E8D5 #D557E8

tetradic

#E8D557 #57E88D #576AE8 #E857B2

square

#E8D557 #57E88D #576AE8 #E857B2

split-complementary

#E8D557 #57B2E8 #8D57E8

monochromatic

#AD9918 #E1C821 #E8D557 #EFE28D #F7F0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E8D557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#E8D557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D557

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D557	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.146 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e18c',
    500: '#e8d557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d557;
$custom-light: #f3e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.138,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86542,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D557

secondary

#3545AE

accent

#28D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D557

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

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