#E8CE59#E8CE59

#E8CE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.138 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CE59
RGB	rgb(232, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -4.37, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 60.13, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.0163 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.138 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.1556, 62.0224, 18.4102)
Luminance	0.6202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CE59 #5973E8

analogous

#E88659 #E8CE59 #BAE859

triadic

#E8CE59 #59E8CE #CE59E8

tetradic

#E8CE59 #59E886 #5973E8 #E859BA

square

#E8CE59 #59E886 #5973E8 #E859BA

split-complementary

#E8CE59 #59BAE8 #8659E8

monochromatic

#AE9318 #E1BE23 #E8CE59 #EFDE8F #F7EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E8CE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#E8CE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CE59

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CE59	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.138 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dc8c',
    500: '#e8ce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ce59;
$custom-light: #f3dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85135,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CE59

secondary

#364CAF

accent

#32D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CE59

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

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