#E8DC57#E8DC57

#E8DC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.152 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DC57
RGB	rgb(232, 220, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.52, -11.57, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.52, 65.73, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% -0.0371 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.152 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.5945, 69.0325, 19.1478)
Luminance	0.6903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DC57 #5763E8

analogous

#E89357 #E8DC57 #ACE857

triadic

#E8DC57 #57E8DC #DC57E8

tetradic

#E8DC57 #57E893 #5763E8 #E857AC

square

#E8DC57 #57E893 #5763E8 #E857AC

split-complementary

#E8DC57 #57ACE8 #9357E8

monochromatic

#ADA118 #E1D121 #E8DC57 #EFE78D #F7F2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E8DC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#E8DC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DC57

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DC57	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 220, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.152 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e68c',
    500: '#e8dc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dc57;
$custom-light: #f2e68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.034,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87982,
    "c": 0.15178,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DC57

secondary

#353FAE

accent

#1ED80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DC57

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

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