#E8DE59#E8DE59

#E8DE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.152 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8DE59
RGB	rgb(232, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -12.44, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 65.64, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(88.41% -0.0394 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(88.41% 0.152 105)
XYZ	xyz(61.2053, 70.1218, 19.7601)
Luminance	0.7012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8DE59 #5963E8

analogous

#E89659 #E8DE59 #ABE859

triadic

#E8DE59 #59E8DE #DE59E8

tetradic

#E8DE59 #59E896 #5963E8 #E859AB

square

#E8DE59 #59E896 #5963E8 #E859AB

split-complementary

#E8DE59 #59ABE8 #9659E8

monochromatic

#AEA418 #E1D323 #E8DE59 #EFE98F #F7F3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E8DE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#E8DE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8DE59

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8DE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8DE59	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8de59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.152 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e88d',
    500: '#e8de59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8de59;
$custom-light: #f2e88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8de59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.804,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88414,
    "c": 0.15209,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.7012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8DE59

secondary

#363EAF

accent

#1CD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8DE59

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

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