#E8D359#E8D359

#E8D359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.142 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D359
RGB	rgb(232, 211, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -6.92, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 61.76, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% -0.0236 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.142 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.3785, 64.4681, 18.8178)
Luminance	0.6447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D359 #596EE8

analogous

#E88C59 #E8D359 #B5E859

triadic

#E8D359 #59E8D3 #D359E8

tetradic

#E8D359 #59E88C #596EE8 #E859B5

square

#E8D359 #59E88C #596EE8 #E859B5

split-complementary

#E8D359 #59B5E8 #8C59E8

monochromatic

#AE9818 #E1C523 #E8D359 #EFE18F #F7EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E8D359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#E8D359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D359

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D359	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 211, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.142 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e08d',
    500: '#e8d359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d359;
$custom-light: #f2e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86152,
    "c": 0.14235,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D359

secondary

#3648AF

accent

#2BD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D359

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

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