#E8EC56#E8EC56

#E8EC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.168 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC56
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.70, -19.49, 69.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.70, 72.20, 105.66°)
OKLab	oklab(91.31% -0.0596 0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(91.31% 0.168 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.9558, 77.8202, 20.4014)
Luminance	0.7782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC56 #5A56EC

analogous

#ECA556 #E8EC56 #9DEC56

triadic

#E8EC56 #56E8EC #EC56E8

tetradic

#E8EC56 #56ECA5 #5A56EC #EC569D

square

#E8EC56 #56ECA5 #5A56EC #EC569D

split-complementary

#E8EC56 #569DEC #A556EC

monochromatic

#AFB314 #E1E61F #E8EC56 #EFF28D #F7F8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E8EC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#E8EC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC56

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC56	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.168 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f18d',
    500: '#e8ec56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec56;
$custom-light: #f3f18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91309,
    "c": 0.16811,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC56

secondary

#3633B3

accent

#09DC0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC56

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

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