#E8E557#E8E557

#E8E557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.160 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E557
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.87, -16.02, 67.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.87, 69.08, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0497 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.16 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.0204, 73.8844, 19.9564)
Luminance	0.7388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E557 #575AE8

analogous

#E89D57 #E8E557 #A2E857

triadic

#E8E557 #57E8E5 #E557E8

tetradic

#E8E557 #57E89D #575AE8 #E857A2

square

#E8E557 #57E89D #575AE8 #E857A2

split-complementary

#E8E557 #57A2E8 #9D57E8

monochromatic

#ADAA18 #E1DD21 #E8E557 #EFED8D #F7F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#E8E557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E557

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E557	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.160 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed8d',
    500: '#e8e557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e557;
$custom-light: #f2ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.759,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89851,
    "c": 0.16035,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E557

secondary

#3538AE

accent

#12D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E557

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

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