#E8DB56#E8DB56

#E8DB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.152 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DB56
RGB	rgb(232, 219, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -11.13, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 65.78, 99.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.77% -0.036 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(87.77% 0.152 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2922, 68.4930, 18.8469)
Luminance	0.6849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DB56 #5663E8

analogous

#E89256 #E8DB56 #ACE856

triadic

#E8DB56 #56E8DB #DB56E8

tetradic

#E8DB56 #56E892 #5663E8 #E856AC

square

#E8DB56 #56E892 #5663E8 #E856AC

split-complementary

#E8DB56 #56ACE8 #9256E8

monochromatic

#AC9F17 #E1D020 #E8DB56 #EFE68C #F7F2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E8DB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#E8DB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DB56

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DB56	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8db56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 219, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.152 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e58b',
    500: '#e8db56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8db56;
$custom-light: #f3e58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8db56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.658,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87766,
    "c": 0.15162,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DB56

secondary

#3540AD

accent

#1FD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DB56

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

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