#E8E55A#E8E55A

#E8E55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.158 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E55A
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.89, -15.83, 66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.89, 67.88, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0489 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.158 108)
XYZ	xyz(63.1455, 73.9345, 20.6154)
Luminance	0.7393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E55A #5A5DE8

analogous

#E89E5A #E8E55A #A4E85A

triadic

#E8E55A #5AE8E5 #E55AE8

tetradic

#E8E55A #5AE89E #5A5DE8 #E85AA4

square

#E8E55A #5AE89E #5A5DE8 #E85AA4

split-complementary

#E8E55A #5AA4E8 #9E5AE8

monochromatic

#AFAC18 #E1DD24 #E8E55A #EFED90 #F7F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#E8E55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E55A

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E55A	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.158 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed8e',
    500: '#e8e55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e55a;
$custom-light: #f2ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.732,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89878,
    "c": 0.15808,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.73933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E55A

secondary

#3639B0

accent

#12D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E55A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →