#E8DD59#E8DD59

#E8DD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.151 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DD59
RGB	rgb(232, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.80, -11.94, 64.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.80, 65.27, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.038 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.151 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.9405, 69.5922, 19.6718)
Luminance	0.6959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DD59 #5964E8

analogous

#E89659 #E8DD59 #ABE859

triadic

#E8DD59 #59E8DD #DD59E8

tetradic

#E8DD59 #59E896 #5964E8 #E859AB

square

#E8DD59 #59E896 #5964E8 #E859AB

split-complementary

#E8DD59 #59ABE8 #9659E8

monochromatic

#AEA318 #E1D223 #E8DD59 #EFE88F #F7F3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E8DD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#E8DD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DD59

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DD59	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8dd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.151 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e78d',
    500: '#e8dd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8dd59;
$custom-light: #f2e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8dd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88207,
    "c": 0.15116,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DD59

secondary

#363FAF

accent

#1DD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DD59

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

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