#E8DD56#E8DD56

#E8DD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.153 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DD56
RGB	rgb(232, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.77, -12.13, 65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.77, 66.50, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(88.18% -0.0388 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(88.18% 0.153 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.8171, 69.5428, 19.0218)
Luminance	0.6954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DD56 #5661E8

analogous

#E89456 #E8DD56 #AAE856

triadic

#E8DD56 #56E8DD #DD56E8

tetradic

#E8DD56 #56E894 #5661E8 #E856AA

square

#E8DD56 #56E894 #5661E8 #E856AA

split-complementary

#E8DD56 #56AAE8 #9456E8

monochromatic

#ACA117 #E1D220 #E8DD56 #EFE88C #F7F3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E8DD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#E8DD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DD56

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DD56	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)

#EFD645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.153 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e78c',
    500: '#e8dd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dd56;
$custom-light: #f3e78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.479,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88179,
    "c": 0.15345,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DD56

secondary

#353EAD

accent

#1DD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DD56

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

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