#E8EC57#E8EC57

#E8EC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.167 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EC57
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.71, -19.43, 69.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.71, 71.81, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(91.32% -0.0594 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(91.32% 0.167 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.9964, 77.8365, 20.6151)
Luminance	0.7783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EC57 #5B57EC

analogous

#ECA557 #E8EC57 #9DEC57

triadic

#E8EC57 #57E8EC #EC57E8

tetradic

#E8EC57 #57ECA5 #5B57EC #EC579D

square

#E8EC57 #57ECA5 #5B57EC #EC579D

split-complementary

#E8EC57 #579DEC #A557EC

monochromatic

#B0B414 #E0E620 #E8EC57 #F0F28E #F7F8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E8EC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#E8EC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EC57

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EC57	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ec57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.167 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f18d',
    500: '#e8ec57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ec57;
$custom-light: #f3f18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ec57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.611,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91318,
    "c": 0.16739,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EC57

secondary

#3733B4

accent

#0ADC0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EC57

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

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