#E8E055#E8E055

#E8E055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.157 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E055
RGB	rgb(232, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.55, -13.68, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.55, 68.00, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(88.79% -0.0433 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(88.79% 0.157 106)
XYZ	xyz(61.5763, 71.1251, 19.0775)
Luminance	0.7112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E055 #555DE8

analogous

#E89755 #E8E055 #A6E855

triadic

#E8E055 #55E8E0 #E055E8

tetradic

#E8E055 #55E897 #555DE8 #E855A6

square

#E8E055 #55E897 #555DE8 #E855A6

split-complementary

#E8E055 #55A6E8 #9755E8

monochromatic

#ABA317 #E1D61F #E8E055 #EFEA8B #F7F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E8E055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#E8E055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E055

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E055	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.157 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e98b',
    500: '#e8e055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e055;
$custom-light: #f3e98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.735,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88793,
    "c": 0.15701,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.71123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E055

secondary

#353BAD

accent

#18D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E055

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

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