#E8DC56#E8DC56

#E8DC56 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	#E8DC56
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -11.63, 65.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 66.14, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.0374 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.153 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.5539, 69.0163, 18.9341)
Luminance	0.6901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DC56 #5662E8

analogous

#E89356 #E8DC56 #ABE856

triadic

#E8DC56 #56E8DC #DC56E8

tetradic

#E8DC56 #56E893 #5662E8 #E856AB

square

#E8DC56 #56E893 #5662E8 #E856AB

split-complementary

#E8DC56 #56ABE8 #9356E8

monochromatic

#ACA017 #E1D120 #E8DC56 #EFE78C #F7F2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E8DC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#E8DC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DC56

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DC56	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)

#EED545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.153 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e68b',
    500: '#e8dc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dc56;
$custom-light: #f3e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.068,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87973,
    "c": 0.15254,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DC56

secondary

#353FAD

accent

#1ED80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DC56

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

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