#E8D259#E8D259

#E8D259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.142 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D259
RGB	rgb(232, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.95, -6.41, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.95, 61.42, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% -0.0222 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.142 99)
XYZ	xyz(58.1309, 63.9728, 18.7353)
Luminance	0.6397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D259 #596FE8

analogous

#E88A59 #E8D259 #B7E859

triadic

#E8D259 #59E8D2 #D259E8

tetradic

#E8D259 #59E88A #596FE8 #E859B7

square

#E8D259 #59E88A #596FE8 #E859B7

split-complementary

#E8D259 #59B7E8 #8A59E8

monochromatic

#AE9718 #E1C323 #E8D259 #EFE18F #F7EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E8D259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#E8D259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D259

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D259	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.142 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2df8d',
    500: '#e8d259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d259;
$custom-light: #f2df8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85948,
    "c": 0.14152,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.6397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D259

secondary

#3649AF

accent

#2DD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D259

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

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