#E8DC55#E8DC55

#E8DC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.153 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DC55
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.50, -11.69, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.50, 66.55, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(87.96% -0.0377 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(87.96% 0.153 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.5139, 69.0003, 18.7234)
Luminance	0.6900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DC55 #5561E8

analogous

#E89355 #E8DC55 #ABE855

triadic

#E8DC55 #55E8DC #DC55E8

tetradic

#E8DC55 #55E893 #5561E8 #E855AB

square

#E8DC55 #55E893 #5561E8 #E855AB

split-complementary

#E8DC55 #55ABE8 #9355E8

monochromatic

#AB9F17 #E1D11F #E8DC55 #EFE78B #F7F2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E8DC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#E8DC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DC55

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DC55	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.153 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e68b',
    500: '#e8dc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dc55;
$custom-light: #f3e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87964,
    "c": 0.15329,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DC55

secondary

#353EAD

accent

#1ED80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DC55

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

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