#E8DE56#E8DE56

#E8DE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.154 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DE56
RGB	rgb(232, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.03, -12.62, 65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.03, 66.87, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(88.39% -0.0402 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(88.39% 0.154 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.0819, 70.0724, 19.1101)
Luminance	0.7007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DE56 #5660E8

analogous

#E89556 #E8DE56 #A9E856

triadic

#E8DE56 #56E8DE #DE56E8

tetradic

#E8DE56 #56E895 #5660E8 #E856A9

square

#E8DE56 #56E895 #5660E8 #E856A9

split-complementary

#E8DE56 #56A9E8 #9556E8

monochromatic

#ACA217 #E1D320 #E8DE56 #EFE98C #F7F3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E8DE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#E8DE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DE56

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DE56	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8de56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.154 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e88c',
    500: '#e8de56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8de56;
$custom-light: #f3e88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8de56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88387,
    "c": 0.15439,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DE56

secondary

#353DAD

accent

#1BD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DE56

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

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