#E8E560#E8E560

#E8E560 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.153 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E560
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 96)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 58.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -15.44, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 65.40, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.93% -0.0471 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(89.93% 0.153 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.4113, 74.0408, 22.0151)
Luminance	0.7404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E560 #6063E8

analogous

#E8A160 #E8E560 #A7E860

triadic

#E8E560 #60E8E5 #E560E8

tetradic

#E8E560 #60E8A1 #6063E8 #E860A7

square

#E8E560 #60E8A1 #6063E8 #E860A7

split-complementary

#E8E560 #60A7E8 #A160E8

monochromatic

#B4B01A #E0DC2B #E8E560 #F0EE95 #F7F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#E8E560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E560

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E560	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.153 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed92',
    500: '#e8e560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e560;
$custom-light: #f2ed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89934,
    "c": 0.15335,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E560

secondary

#383BB4

accent

#13D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E560

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

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