#E8E156#E8E156

#E8E156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.157 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E156
RGB	rgb(232, 225, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -14.11, 66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 67.97, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.01% -0.0445 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(89.01% 0.157 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.8858, 71.6802, 19.3781)
Luminance	0.7168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E156 #565DE8

analogous

#E89856 #E8E156 #A6E856

triadic

#E8E156 #56E8E1 #E156E8

tetradic

#E8E156 #56E898 #565DE8 #E856A6

square

#E8E156 #56E898 #565DE8 #E856A6

split-complementary

#E8E156 #56A6E8 #9856E8

monochromatic

#ACA517 #E1D720 #E8E156 #EFEB8C #F7F4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E8E156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#E8E156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E156

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E156	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 225, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.157 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8c',
    500: '#e8e156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e156;
$custom-light: #f3ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.123,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89009,
    "c": 0.15721,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E156

secondary

#353BAD

accent

#17D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E156

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

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