#E8DD55#E8DD55

#E8DD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.154 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DD55
RGB	rgb(232, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.76, -12.19, 65.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.76, 66.91, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.0391 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.154 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.7771, 69.5268, 18.8111)
Luminance	0.6953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DD55 #5560E8

analogous

#E89355 #E8DD55 #AAE855

triadic

#E8DD55 #55E8DD #DD55E8

tetradic

#E8DD55 #55E893 #5560E8 #E855AA

square

#E8DD55 #55E893 #5560E8 #E855AA

split-complementary

#E8DD55 #55AAE8 #9355E8

monochromatic

#ABA017 #E1D21F #E8DD55 #EFE88B #F7F3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E8DD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#E8DD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DD55

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DD55	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.154 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e78b',
    500: '#e8dd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dd55;
$custom-light: #f3e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.51,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88171,
    "c": 0.1542,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DD55

secondary

#353EAD

accent

#1CD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DD55

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

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