#E8DB59#E8DB59

#E8DB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.149 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DB59
RGB	rgb(232, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.28, -10.94, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.28, 64.55, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.0351 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.149 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.4156, 68.5424, 19.4968)
Luminance	0.6854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DB59 #5966E8

analogous

#E89359 #E8DB59 #AEE859

triadic

#E8DB59 #59E8DB #DB59E8

tetradic

#E8DB59 #59E893 #5966E8 #E859AE

square

#E8DB59 #59E893 #5966E8 #E859AE

split-complementary

#E8DB59 #59AEE8 #9359E8

monochromatic

#AEA118 #E1CF23 #E8DB59 #EFE78F #F7F2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E8DB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#E8DB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DB59

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DB59	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8db59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.149 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e58d',
    500: '#e8db59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8db59;
$custom-light: #f2e58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8db59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87794,
    "c": 0.14932,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DB59

secondary

#3641AF

accent

#20D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DB59

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

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