#E8E256#E8E256

#E8E256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.158 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E256
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -14.60, 66.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 68.35, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.22% -0.0458 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(89.22% 0.158 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.1569, 72.2224, 19.4684)
Luminance	0.7222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E256 #565CE8

analogous

#E89956 #E8E256 #A5E856

triadic

#E8E256 #56E8E2 #E256E8

tetradic

#E8E256 #56E899 #565CE8 #E856A5

square

#E8E256 #56E899 #565CE8 #E856A5

split-complementary

#E8E256 #56A5E8 #9956E8

monochromatic

#ACA617 #E1D920 #E8E256 #EFEB8C #F7F4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#E8E256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E256

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E256	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.158 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8c',
    500: '#e8e256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e256;
$custom-light: #f3ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.534,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89217,
    "c": 0.15817,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E256

secondary

#353AAD

accent

#16D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E256

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

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