#E8CB59#E8CB59

#E8CB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.136 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CB59
RGB	rgb(232, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -2.84, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 59.19, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0119 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.136 95)
XYZ	xyz(56.4403, 60.5917, 18.1717)
Luminance	0.6059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CB59 #5976E8

analogous

#E88359 #E8CB59 #BDE859

triadic

#E8CB59 #59E8CB #CB59E8

tetradic

#E8CB59 #59E883 #5976E8 #E859BD

square

#E8CB59 #59E883 #5976E8 #E859BD

split-complementary

#E8CB59 #59BDE8 #8359E8

monochromatic

#AE9018 #E1BA23 #E8CB59 #EFDC8F #F7EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E8CB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E8CB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CB59

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CB59	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.136 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3da8c',
    500: '#e8cb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cb59;
$custom-light: #f3da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84528,
    "c": 0.13611,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.60589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CB59

secondary

#364FAF

accent

#37D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CB59

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

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