#E8D655#E8D655

#E8D655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.148 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D655
RGB	rgb(232, 214, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -8.68, 63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 64.45, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% -0.0291 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.148 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.9673, 65.9073, 18.2079)
Luminance	0.6591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D655 #5567E8

analogous

#E88D55 #E8D655 #B1E855

triadic

#E8D655 #55E8D6 #D655E8

tetradic

#E8D655 #55E88D #5567E8 #E855B1

square

#E8D655 #55E88D #5567E8 #E855B1

split-complementary

#E8D655 #55B1E8 #8D55E8

monochromatic

#AB9917 #E1C91F #E8D655 #EFE38B #F7F0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E8D655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#E8D655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D655

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D655	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 214, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.148 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e28a',
    500: '#e8d655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d655;
$custom-light: #f3e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86728,
    "c": 0.14799,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D655

secondary

#3543AD

accent

#26D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D655

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

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