#E8CC59#E8CC59

#E8CC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.137 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC59
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, -3.35, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 59.50, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.0134 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.137 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.6772, 61.0656, 18.2507)
Luminance	0.6106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC59 #5975E8

analogous

#E88559 #E8CC59 #BCE859

triadic

#E8CC59 #59E8CC #CC59E8

tetradic

#E8CC59 #59E885 #5975E8 #E859BC

square

#E8CC59 #59E885 #5975E8 #E859BC

split-complementary

#E8CC59 #59BCE8 #8559E8

monochromatic

#AE9118 #E1BB23 #E8CC59 #EFDD8F #F7EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E8CC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#E8CC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC59

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC59	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.137 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8c',
    500: '#e8cc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc59;
$custom-light: #f3db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8473,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC59

secondary

#364EAF

accent

#35D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC59

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

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