#E8E057#E8E057

#E8E057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; 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	#E8E057
RGB	rgb(232, 224, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.56, -13.56, 65.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.56, 67.20, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0428 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.156 106)
XYZ	xyz(61.6568, 71.1573, 19.5019)
Luminance	0.7116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E057 #575FE8

analogous

#E89857 #E8E057 #A7E857

triadic

#E8E057 #57E8E0 #E057E8

tetradic

#E8E057 #57E898 #575FE8 #E857A7

square

#E8E057 #57E898 #575FE8 #E857A7

split-complementary

#E8E057 #57A7E8 #9857E8

monochromatic

#ADA518 #E1D621 #E8E057 #EFEA8D #F7F4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E8E057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#E8E057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E057

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E057	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)

#F2D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 224, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.156 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e98c',
    500: '#e8e057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e057;
$custom-light: #f2e98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.69,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8881,
    "c": 0.15551,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.71155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E057

secondary

#353CAE

accent

#19D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E057

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

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