#E8E456#E8E456

#E8E456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.160 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E456
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.60, -15.59, 67.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.60, 69.10, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0486 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.16 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.7039, 73.3164, 19.6508)
Luminance	0.7331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E456 #565AE8

analogous

#E89B56 #E8E456 #A3E856

triadic

#E8E456 #56E8E4 #E456E8

tetradic

#E8E456 #56E89B #565AE8 #E856A3

square

#E8E456 #56E89B #565AE8 #E856A3

split-complementary

#E8E456 #56A3E8 #9B56E8

monochromatic

#ACA817 #E1DB20 #E8E456 #EFED8C #F7F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E8E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E456

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E456	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.160 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec8c',
    500: '#e8e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e456;
$custom-light: #f3ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.356,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89634,
    "c": 0.1601,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E456

secondary

#3538AD

accent

#13D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E456

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

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