#E8ED56#E8ED56

#E8ED56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.169 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8ED56
RGB	rgb(232, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.96, -19.97, 69.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.96, 72.59, 105.97°)
OKLab	oklab(91.52% -0.061 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(91.52% 0.169 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.2446, 78.3977, 20.4976)
Luminance	0.7840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8ED56 #5B56ED

analogous

#EDA656 #E8ED56 #9CED56

triadic

#E8ED56 #56E8ED #ED56E8

tetradic

#E8ED56 #56EDA6 #5B56ED #ED569C

square

#E8ED56 #56EDA6 #5B56ED #ED569C

split-complementary

#E8ED56 #569CED #A656ED

monochromatic

#B0B513 #E0E71F #E8ED56 #F0F38D #F7F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E8ED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#E8ED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8ED56

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8ED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8ED56	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ed56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.169 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f28d',
    500: '#e8ed56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ed56;
$custom-light: #f3f28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ed56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.987,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9152,
    "c": 0.16914,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8ED56

secondary

#3732B5

accent

#08DD0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8ED56

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

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