#E8D956#E8D956

#E8D956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.150 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D956
RGB	rgb(232, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.73, -10.13, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.73, 65.08, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.0331 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.15 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.7736, 67.4557, 18.6740)
Luminance	0.6745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D956 #5665E8

analogous

#E89056 #E8D956 #AEE856

triadic

#E8D956 #56E8D9 #D956E8

tetradic

#E8D956 #56E890 #5665E8 #E856AE

square

#E8D956 #56E890 #5665E8 #E856AE

split-complementary

#E8D956 #56AEE8 #9056E8

monochromatic

#AC9D17 #E1CD20 #E8D956 #EFE58C #F7F1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E8D956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#E8D956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D956

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D956	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.150 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e48b',
    500: '#e8d956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d956;
$custom-light: #f3e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.836,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87354,
    "c": 0.14983,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D956

secondary

#3541AD

accent

#22D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D956

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

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