#E8D159#E8D159

#E8D159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.141 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D159
RGB	rgb(232, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.69, -5.90, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.69, 61.09, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% -0.0207 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.141 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.8848, 63.4806, 18.6532)
Luminance	0.6348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D159 #5970E8

analogous

#E88A59 #E8D159 #B7E859

triadic

#E8D159 #59E8D1 #D159E8

tetradic

#E8D159 #59E88A #5970E8 #E859B7

square

#E8D159 #59E88A #5970E8 #E859B7

split-complementary

#E8D159 #59B7E8 #8A59E8

monochromatic

#AE9618 #E1C223 #E8D159 #EFE08F #F7EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E8D159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#E8D159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D159

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D159	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.141 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de8d',
    500: '#e8d159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d159;
$custom-light: #f2de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85744,
    "c": 0.14072,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D159

secondary

#3649AF

accent

#2ED80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D159

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

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