#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
RGBrgb(232, 221, 89)
HSLhsl(55, 76%, 63%)
HSVhsv(55, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.7%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(86.80, -11.94, 64.17)
CIE-LCHlch(86.80, 65.27, 100.54°)
OKLaboklab(88.21% -0.038 0.1463)
OKLCHoklch(88.21% 0.151 104.5)
XYZxyz(60.9405, 69.5922, 19.6718)
Luminance0.6959 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E8DD591.001.4114.9214.92
#FFFFFF1.411.0021.0021.00
#00000014.9221.001.001.00
##00000014.9221.001.001.00

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

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#E8DD59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva