#E8E356#E8E356

#E8E356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.159 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E356
RGB	rgb(232, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -15.10, 67.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 68.72, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0472 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.159 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.4296, 72.7678, 19.5593)
Luminance	0.7277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E356 #565BE8

analogous

#E89A56 #E8E356 #A4E856

triadic

#E8E356 #56E8E3 #E356E8

tetradic

#E8E356 #56E89A #565BE8 #E856A4

square

#E8E356 #56E89A #565BE8 #E856A4

split-complementary

#E8E356 #56A4E8 #9A56E8

monochromatic

#ACA717 #E1DA20 #E8E356 #EFEC8C #F7F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E8E356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E8E356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E356

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E356	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.159 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eb8c',
    500: '#e8e356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e356;
$custom-light: #f3eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.945,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89425,
    "c": 0.15913,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E356

secondary

#3539AD

accent

#14D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E356

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

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