#E8E457#E8E457

#E8E457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.159 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E457
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.61, -15.53, 66.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.61, 68.70, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0484 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.159 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.7445, 73.3327, 19.8644)
Luminance	0.7333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E457 #575BE8

analogous

#E89C57 #E8E457 #A3E857

triadic

#E8E457 #57E8E4 #E457E8

tetradic

#E8E457 #57E89C #575BE8 #E857A3

square

#E8E457 #57E89C #575BE8 #E857A3

split-complementary

#E8E457 #57A3E8 #9C57E8

monochromatic

#ADA918 #E1DB21 #E8E457 #EFED8D #F7F5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#E8E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E457

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E457	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.159 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec8d',
    500: '#e8e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e457;
$custom-light: #f2ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.345,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89642,
    "c": 0.15936,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E457

secondary

#3539AE

accent

#13D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E457

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

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