#E8C859#E8C859

#E8C859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.134 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C859
RGB	rgb(232, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -1.29, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 58.30, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0075 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.134 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.7387, 59.1885, 17.9379)
Luminance	0.5919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C859 #5979E8

analogous

#E88059 #E8C859 #C1E859

triadic

#E8C859 #59E8C8 #C859E8

tetradic

#E8C859 #59E880 #5979E8 #E859C1

square

#E8C859 #59E880 #5979E8 #E859C1

split-complementary

#E8C859 #59C1E8 #8059E8

monochromatic

#AE8D18 #E1B623 #E8C859 #EFDA8F #F7ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E8C859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E8C859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C859

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C859	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.134 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d88c',
    500: '#e8c859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c859;
$custom-light: #f3d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.573,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83925,
    "c": 0.13401,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C859

secondary

#3651AF

accent

#3BD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C859

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

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