#E8E955#E8E955

#E8E955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.166 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E955
RGB	rgb(232, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.90, -18.09, 69.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.90, 71.41, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(90.67% -0.0558 0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(90.67% 0.166 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.0594, 76.0913, 19.9052)
Luminance	0.7609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E955 #5655E9

analogous

#E9A055 #E8E955 #9EE955

triadic

#E8E955 #55E8E9 #E955E8

tetradic

#E8E955 #55E9A0 #5655E9 #E9559E

square

#E8E955 #55E9A0 #5655E9 #E9559E

split-complementary

#E8E955 #559EE9 #A055E9

monochromatic

#ACAD16 #E1E21F #E8E955 #EFF08B #F7F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E8E955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#E8E955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E955

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E955	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.166 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef8c',
    500: '#e8e955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e955;
$custom-light: #f3ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.405,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90671,
    "c": 0.16578,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E955

secondary

#3534AE

accent

#0CD90E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E955

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

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