#E8EE56#E8EE56

#E8EE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.170 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EE56
RGB	rgb(232, 238, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.22, -20.45, 70.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.22, 72.99, 106.27°)
OKLab	oklab(91.73% -0.0623 0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(91.73% 0.17 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.5349, 78.9783, 20.5944)
Luminance	0.7898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EE56 #5C56EE

analogous

#EEA856 #E8EE56 #9CEE56

triadic

#E8EE56 #56E8EE #EE56E8

tetradic

#E8EE56 #56EEA8 #5C56EE #EE569C

square

#E8EE56 #56EEA8 #5C56EE #EE569C

split-complementary

#E8EE56 #569CEE #A856EE

monochromatic

#B1B712 #E0E81E #E8EE56 #F0F48E #F7F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E8EE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.80

#E8EE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EE56

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EE56	1.00	1.25	16.80	16.80
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ee56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 238, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.170 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f38d',
    500: '#e8ee56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ee56;
$custom-light: #f3f38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ee56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.368,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9173,
    "c": 0.17017,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EE56

secondary

#3732B7

accent

#07DE10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EE56

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

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