#E8E657#E8E657

#E8E657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.161 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E657
RGB	rgb(232, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.13, -16.51, 67.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.13, 69.47, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.06% -0.0511 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(90.06% 0.161 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.2979, 74.4394, 20.0489)
Luminance	0.7444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E657 #5759E8

analogous

#E89D57 #E8E657 #A2E857

triadic

#E8E657 #57E8E6 #E657E8

tetradic

#E8E657 #57E89D #5759E8 #E857A2

square

#E8E657 #57E89D #5759E8 #E857A2

split-complementary

#E8E657 #57A2E8 #9D57E8

monochromatic

#ADAB18 #E1DE21 #E8E657 #EFEE8D #F7F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E8E657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#E8E657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E657

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E657	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.161 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed8d',
    500: '#e8e657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e657;
$custom-light: #f2ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.172,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9006,
    "c": 0.16134,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E657

secondary

#3537AE

accent

#10D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E657

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

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