#E8E756#E8E756

#E8E756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.163 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E756
RGB	rgb(232, 231, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.38, -17.06, 68.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.38, 70.25, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.26% -0.0528 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(90.26% 0.163 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.5364, 74.9813, 19.9283)
Luminance	0.7498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E756 #5657E8

analogous

#E89E56 #E8E756 #A0E856

triadic

#E8E756 #56E8E7 #E756E8

tetradic

#E8E756 #56E89E #5657E8 #E856A0

square

#E8E756 #56E89E #5657E8 #E856A0

split-complementary

#E8E756 #56A0E8 #9E56E8

monochromatic

#ACAB17 #E1DF20 #E8E756 #EFEF8C #F7F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E8E756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#E8E756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E756

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E756	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 231, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.163 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ee8c',
    500: '#e8e756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e756;
$custom-light: #f3ee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.589,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90261,
    "c": 0.16307,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E756

secondary

#3536AD

accent

#0FD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E756

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

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