#E8CD59#E8CD59

#E8CD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.138 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CD59
RGB	rgb(232, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.67, -3.86, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.67, 59.81, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% -0.0149 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.138 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.9157, 61.5424, 18.3302)
Luminance	0.6154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CD59 #5974E8

analogous

#E88559 #E8CD59 #BCE859

triadic

#E8CD59 #59E8CD #CD59E8

tetradic

#E8CD59 #59E885 #5974E8 #E859BC

square

#E8CD59 #59E885 #5974E8 #E859BC

split-complementary

#E8CD59 #59BCE8 #8559E8

monochromatic

#AE9218 #E1BD23 #E8CD59 #EFDD8F #F7EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E8CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E8CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CD59

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CD59	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.138 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8c',
    500: '#e8cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cd59;
$custom-light: #f3db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84932,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CD59

secondary

#364DAF

accent

#34D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CD59

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

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