#E8E55E#E8E55E

#E8E55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.155 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E8E55E
RGBrgb(232, 229, 94)
HSLhsl(59, 75%, 64%)
HSVhsv(59, 59%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.3%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(88.92, -15.57, 64.38)
CIE-LCHlch(88.92, 66.23, 103.60°)
OKLaboklab(89.92% -0.0477 0.1474)
OKLCHoklch(89.92% 0.155 107.9)
XYZxyz(63.3204, 74.0044, 21.5363)
Luminance0.7400 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E8E55E #5E61E8
analogous
#E8A05E #E8E55E #A6E85E
triadic
#E8E55E #5EE8E5 #E55EE8
tetradic
#E8E55E #5EE8A0 #5E61E8 #E85EA6
square
#E8E55E #5EE8A0 #5E61E8 #E85EA6
split-complementary
#E8E55E #5EA6E8 #A05EE8
monochromatic
#B2AF19 #E0DC28 #E8E55E #F0EE94 #F7F6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33
#E8E55E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80
#E8E55E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E55E
15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E8E55E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E8E55E1.001.3315.8015.80
#FFFFFF1.331.0021.0021.00
#00000015.8021.001.001.00
##00000015.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DD4E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E266
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7D7C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e8e55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.155 107.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed91',
    500: '#e8e55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e8e55e;
$custom-light: #f2ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e8e55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89915,
    "c": 0.15496,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E8E55E
secondary
#383AB3
accent
#13D70E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E8E55E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva