#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
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.92, -15.57, 64.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.92, 66.23, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% -0.0477 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.155 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.3204, 74.0044, 21.5363)
Luminance	0.7400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E8E55E	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E8E55E

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

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