#E8EE55#E8EE55

#E8EE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.171 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EE55
RGB	rgb(232, 238, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.22, -20.51, 70.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.22, 73.37, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(91.72% -0.0626 0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(91.72% 0.171 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.4949, 78.9623, 20.3837)
Luminance	0.7896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EE55 #5B55EE

analogous

#EEA755 #E8EE55 #9BEE55

triadic

#E8EE55 #55E8EE #EE55E8

tetradic

#E8EE55 #55EEA7 #5B55EE #EE559B

square

#E8EE55 #55EEA7 #5B55EE #EE559B

split-complementary

#E8EE55 #559BEE #A755EE

monochromatic

#B0B612 #E0E81D #E8EE55 #F0F48D #F7F9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E8EE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#E8EE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EE55

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EE55	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ee55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 238, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.171 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f38c',
    500: '#e8ee55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ee55;
$custom-light: #f3f38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ee55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91722,
    "c": 0.17087,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EE55

secondary

#3731B6

accent

#07DE10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EE55

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

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