#E8E562#E8E562

#E8E562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.152 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E562
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.96, -15.30, 62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.96, 64.55, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(89.95% -0.0465 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(89.95% 0.152 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.5045, 74.0781, 22.5062)
Luminance	0.7408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E562 #6265E8

analogous

#E8A262 #E8E562 #A8E862

triadic

#E8E562 #62E8E5 #E562E8

tetradic

#E8E562 #62E8A2 #6265E8 #E862A8

square

#E8E562 #62E8A2 #6265E8 #E862A8

split-complementary

#E8E562 #62A8E8 #A262E8

monochromatic

#B5B21B #E0DC2D #E8E562 #F0EE97 #F8F7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#E8E562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E562

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E562	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.152 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed93',
    500: '#e8e562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e562;
$custom-light: #f2ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.657,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89953,
    "c": 0.15171,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E562

secondary

#393CB5

accent

#13D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E562

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

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