#E8D558#E8D558

#E8D558 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.145 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D558
RGB	rgb(232, 213, 88)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 62.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.72, -7.99, 62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.72, 62.86, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.55% -0.0268 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(86.55% 0.145 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.8368, 65.4513, 18.7648)
Luminance	0.6545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D558 #586BE8

analogous

#E88D58 #E8D558 #B3E858

triadic

#E8D558 #58E8D5 #D558E8

tetradic

#E8D558 #58E88D #586BE8 #E858B3

square

#E8D558 #58E88D #586BE8 #E858B3

split-complementary

#E8D558 #58B3E8 #8D58E8

monochromatic

#AE9A18 #E1C722 #E8D558 #EFE38E #F7F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E8D558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#E8D558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D558

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D558	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)

#E8CF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.145 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e18c',
    500: '#e8d558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d558;
$custom-light: #f2e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.083,
    "s": 75.789,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86551,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D558

secondary

#3646AF

accent

#28D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D558

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

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