#E8CA59#E8CA59

#E8CA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.135 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CA59
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -2.32, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 58.89, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.0105 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.135 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.2049, 60.1209, 18.0933)
Luminance	0.6012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CA59 #5977E8

analogous

#E88359 #E8CA59 #BEE859

triadic

#E8CA59 #59E8CA #CA59E8

tetradic

#E8CA59 #59E883 #5977E8 #E859BE

square

#E8CA59 #59E883 #5977E8 #E859BE

split-complementary

#E8CA59 #59BEE8 #8359E8

monochromatic

#AE8F18 #E1B923 #E8CA59 #EFDB8F #F7ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E8CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#E8CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CA59

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CA59	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.135 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d98c',
    500: '#e8ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ca59;
$custom-light: #f3d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84327,
    "c": 0.13539,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CA59

secondary

#364FAF

accent

#38D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CA59

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

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