#E8E957#E8E957

#E8E957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.164 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E957
RGB	rgb(232, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.92, -17.97, 68.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.92, 70.63, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(90.69% -0.0553 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(90.69% 0.164 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.1399, 76.1235, 20.3296)
Luminance	0.7612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E957 #5857E9

analogous

#E9A157 #E8E957 #9FE957

triadic

#E8E957 #57E8E9 #E957E8

tetradic

#E8E957 #57E9A1 #5857E9 #E9579F

square

#E8E957 #57E9A1 #5857E9 #E9579F

split-complementary

#E8E957 #579FE9 #A157E9

monochromatic

#AEAF17 #E1E221 #E8E957 #EFF08D #F7F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E8E957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#E8E957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E957

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E957	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)

#FBE044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.164 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef8d',
    500: '#e8e957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e957;
$custom-light: #f3ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.411,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90688,
    "c": 0.16434,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E957

secondary

#3635AF

accent

#0CD90E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E957

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

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