#E8E158#E8E158

#E8E158 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.156 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E158
RGB	rgb(232, 225, 88)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 62.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.83, -13.99, 65.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.83, 67.17, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0439 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.156 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.9675, 71.7129, 19.8084)
Luminance	0.7171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E158 #585FE8

analogous

#E89958 #E8E158 #A7E858

triadic

#E8E158 #58E8E1 #E158E8

tetradic

#E8E158 #58E899 #585FE8 #E858A7

square

#E8E158 #58E899 #585FE8 #E858A7

split-complementary

#E8E158 #58A7E8 #9958E8

monochromatic

#AEA618 #E1D722 #E8E158 #EFEB8E #F7F4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E8E158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#E8E158 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E158

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E158	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)

#F3D947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 225, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.156 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea8d',
    500: '#e8e158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e158;
$custom-light: #f2ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.083,
    "s": 75.789,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89027,
    "c": 0.1557,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E158

secondary

#363BAF

accent

#17D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E158

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

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