#E8D957#E8D957

#E8D957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.149 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D957
RGB	rgb(232, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -10.07, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 64.66, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(87.36% -0.0329 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(87.36% 0.149 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.8142, 67.4720, 18.8877)
Luminance	0.6747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D957 #5766E8

analogous

#E89057 #E8D957 #AFE857

triadic

#E8D957 #57E8D9 #D957E8

tetradic

#E8D957 #57E890 #5766E8 #E857AF

square

#E8D957 #57E890 #5766E8 #E857AF

split-complementary

#E8D957 #57AFE8 #9057E8

monochromatic

#AD9D18 #E1CD21 #E8D957 #EFE58D #F7F1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E8D957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#E8D957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D957

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D957	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)

#EBD247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.149 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e48c',
    500: '#e8d957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d957;
$custom-light: #f3e48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87363,
    "c": 0.14907,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D957

secondary

#3542AE

accent

#22D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D957

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

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