#E8E56A#E8E56A

#E8E56A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.145 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E56A
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 106)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 54.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -14.71, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 61.09, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.044 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.145 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.9013, 74.2368, 24.5959)
Luminance	0.7423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E56A #6A6DE8

analogous

#E8A66A #E8E56A #ACE86A

triadic

#E8E56A #6AE8E5 #E56AE8

tetradic

#E8E56A #6AE8A6 #6A6DE8 #E86AAC

square

#E8E56A #6AE8A6 #6A6DE8 #E86AAC

split-complementary

#E8E56A #6AACE8 #A66AE8

monochromatic

#BBB71D #E0DC35 #E8E56A #F0EE9F #F8F8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#E8E56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E56A

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E56A	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.145 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed98',
    500: '#e8e56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e56a;
$custom-light: #f2ed98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90037,
    "c": 0.14486,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E56A

secondary

#3C3FBA

accent

#15D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E56A

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

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