#E8E558#E8E558

#E8E558 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	#E8E558
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 88)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.88, -15.96, 66.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.88, 68.68, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.0495 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.16 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.0615, 73.9009, 20.1731)
Luminance	0.7390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E558 #585BE8

analogous

#E89D58 #E8E558 #A3E858

triadic

#E8E558 #58E8E5 #E558E8

tetradic

#E8E558 #58E89D #585BE8 #E858A3

square

#E8E558 #58E89D #585BE8 #E858A3

split-complementary

#E8E558 #58A3E8 #9D58E8

monochromatic

#AEAB18 #E1DD22 #E8E558 #EFED8E #F7F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#E8E558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E558

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E558	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)

#F7DC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.160 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed8d',
    500: '#e8e558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e558;
$custom-light: #f2ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 75.789,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8986,
    "c": 0.1596,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E558

secondary

#3638AF

accent

#12D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E558

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

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