#E8E564#E8E564

#E8E564 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.150 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E564
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 100)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 56.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.98, -15.16, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.98, 63.70, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.97% -0.0459 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(89.97% 0.15 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.6002, 74.1163, 23.0098)
Luminance	0.7411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E564 #6467E8

analogous

#E8A364 #E8E564 #A9E864

triadic

#E8E564 #64E8E5 #E564E8

tetradic

#E8E564 #64E8A3 #6467E8 #E864A9

square

#E8E564 #64E8A3 #6467E8 #E864A9

split-complementary

#E8E564 #64A9E8 #A364E8

monochromatic

#B7B31B #E0DC2F #E8E564 #F0EE99 #F8F7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E564 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#E8E564 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E564

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E564	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E564	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)

#F6DD56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E26B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e564;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.150 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed95',
    500: '#e8e564',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e564;
$custom-light: #f2ed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e564",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 74.157,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89974,
    "c": 0.15005,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E564

secondary

#3A3DB6

accent

#14D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E564

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

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