#E8E563#E8E563

#E8E563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.151 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E563
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 99)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 57.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.97, -15.23, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.97, 64.13, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0462 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.151 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.5521, 74.0971, 22.7564)
Luminance	0.7409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E563 #6366E8

analogous

#E8A363 #E8E563 #A8E863

triadic

#E8E563 #63E8E5 #E563E8

tetradic

#E8E563 #63E8A3 #6366E8 #E863A8

square

#E8E563 #63E8A3 #6366E8 #E863A8

split-complementary

#E8E563 #63A8E8 #A363E8

monochromatic

#B6B21B #E0DC2E #E8E563 #F0EE98 #F8F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#E8E563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E563

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E563	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)

#F6DD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.151 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed94',
    500: '#e8e563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e563;
$custom-light: #f2ed94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 74.302,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89964,
    "c": 0.15088,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E563

secondary

#393CB6

accent

#14D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E563

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

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