#E8DE57#E8DE57

#E8DE57 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 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DE57
RGB	rgb(232, 222, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.04, -12.56, 65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.04, 66.46, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.4% -0.04 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(88.4% 0.154 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.1225, 70.0886, 19.3238)
Luminance	0.7009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DE57 #5761E8

analogous

#E89557 #E8DE57 #AAE857

triadic

#E8DE57 #57E8DE #DE57E8

tetradic

#E8DE57 #57E895 #5761E8 #E857AA

square

#E8DE57 #57E895 #5761E8 #E857AA

split-complementary

#E8DE57 #57AAE8 #9557E8

monochromatic

#ADA318 #E1D321 #E8DE57 #EFE98D #F7F3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E8DE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#E8DE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DE57

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DE57	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8de57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 222, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.154 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e88c',
    500: '#e8de57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8de57;
$custom-light: #f2e88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8de57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88395,
    "c": 0.15363,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DE57

secondary

#353EAE

accent

#1BD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DE57

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

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