#E8E056#E8E056

#E8E056 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.156 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E056
RGB	rgb(232, 224, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.55, -13.62, 66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.55, 67.60, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(88.8% -0.043 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(88.8% 0.156 106)
XYZ	xyz(61.6163, 71.1411, 19.2882)
Luminance	0.7114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E056 #565EE8

analogous

#E89756 #E8E056 #A7E856

triadic

#E8E056 #56E8E0 #E056E8

tetradic

#E8E056 #56E897 #565EE8 #E856A7

square

#E8E056 #56E897 #565EE8 #E856A7

split-complementary

#E8E056 #56A7E8 #9756E8

monochromatic

#ACA417 #E1D620 #E8E056 #EFEA8C #F7F4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E8E056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#E8E056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E056

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E056	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 224, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.156 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e98c',
    500: '#e8e056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e056;
$custom-light: #f3e98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.712,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88801,
    "c": 0.15626,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.71139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E056

secondary

#353BAD

accent

#18D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E056

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

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