#E8E257#E8E257

#E8E257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.157 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E257
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -14.54, 66.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 67.94, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.23% -0.0456 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(89.23% 0.157 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.1975, 72.2386, 19.6821)
Luminance	0.7224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E257 #575DE8

analogous

#E89957 #E8E257 #A6E857

triadic

#E8E257 #57E8E2 #E257E8

tetradic

#E8E257 #57E899 #575DE8 #E857A6

square

#E8E257 #57E899 #575DE8 #E857A6

split-complementary

#E8E257 #57A6E8 #9957E8

monochromatic

#ADA718 #E1D921 #E8E257 #EFEB8D #F7F5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E8E257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E257

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E257	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.157 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea8c',
    500: '#e8e257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e257;
$custom-light: #f2ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.517,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89226,
    "c": 0.15742,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E257

secondary

#353AAE

accent

#16D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E257

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

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