#E8E855#E8E855

#E8E855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.165 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E855
RGB	rgb(232, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.64, -17.61, 68.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.64, 71.02, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.46% -0.0544 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(90.46% 0.165 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.7771, 75.5267, 19.8111)
Luminance	0.7552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E855 #5555E8

analogous

#E89F55 #E8E855 #9FE855

triadic

#E8E855 #55E8E8 #E855E8

tetradic

#E8E855 #55E89F #5555E8 #E8559F

square

#E8E855 #55E89F #5555E8 #E8559F

split-complementary

#E8E855 #559FE8 #9F55E8

monochromatic

#ABAB17 #E1E11F #E8E855 #EFEF8B #F7F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E8E855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#E8E855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E855

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E855	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.165 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef8c',
    500: '#e8e855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e855;
$custom-light: #f3ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90462,
    "c": 0.16479,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E855

secondary

#3535AD

accent

#0DD80D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E855

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

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