#E8E556#E8E556

#E8E556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.161 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E556
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -16.08, 67.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 69.48, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(89.84% -0.05 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(89.84% 0.161 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.9798, 73.8682, 19.7427)
Luminance	0.7387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E556 #5659E8

analogous

#E89C56 #E8E556 #A2E856

triadic

#E8E556 #56E8E5 #E556E8

tetradic

#E8E556 #56E89C #5659E8 #E856A2

square

#E8E556 #56E89C #5659E8 #E856A2

split-complementary

#E8E556 #56A2E8 #9C56E8

monochromatic

#ACA917 #E1DD20 #E8E556 #EFED8C #F7F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E8E556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E556

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E556	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.161 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed8c',
    500: '#e8e556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e556;
$custom-light: #f3ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.767,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89843,
    "c": 0.16108,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E556

secondary

#3537AD

accent

#11D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E556

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

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