#E8ED57#E8ED57

#E8ED57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.168 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8ED57
RGB	rgb(232, 237, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.97, -19.91, 69.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.97, 72.21, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(91.53% -0.0607 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(91.53% 0.168 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.2851, 78.4139, 20.7113)
Luminance	0.7841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8ED57 #5C57ED

analogous

#EDA757 #E8ED57 #9DED57

triadic

#E8ED57 #57E8ED #ED57E8

tetradic

#E8ED57 #57EDA7 #5C57ED #ED579D

square

#E8ED57 #57EDA7 #5C57ED #ED579D

split-complementary

#E8ED57 #579DED #A757ED

monochromatic

#B1B614 #E0E720 #E8ED57 #F0F38E #F7F9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E8ED57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#E8ED57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8ED57

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8ED57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8ED57	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)

#FEE343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ed57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 237, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.168 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f28d',
    500: '#e8ed57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ed57;
$custom-light: #f3f28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ed57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91528,
    "c": 0.16843,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8ED57

secondary

#3733B6

accent

#09DD10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8ED57

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

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