#E8E656#E8E656

#E8E656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.162 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E656
RGB	rgb(232, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.12, -16.57, 67.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.12, 69.86, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(90.05% -0.0514 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(90.05% 0.162 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.2573, 74.4232, 19.8352)
Luminance	0.7442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E656 #5658E8

analogous

#E89D56 #E8E656 #A1E856

triadic

#E8E656 #56E8E6 #E656E8

tetradic

#E8E656 #56E89D #5658E8 #E856A1

square

#E8E656 #56E89D #5658E8 #E856A1

split-complementary

#E8E656 #56A1E8 #9D56E8

monochromatic

#ACAA17 #E1DE20 #E8E656 #EFEE8C #F7F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E8E656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#E8E656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E656

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E656	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.162 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed8c',
    500: '#e8e656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e656;
$custom-light: #f3ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90051,
    "c": 0.16207,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E656

secondary

#3537AD

accent

#10D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E656

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

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