#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
RGBrgb(232, 222, 89)
HSLhsl(56, 76%, 63%)
HSVhsv(56, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.3%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(87.06, -12.44, 64.45)
CIE-LCHlch(87.06, 65.64, 100.92°)
OKLaboklab(88.41% -0.0394 0.1469)
OKLCHoklch(88.41% 0.152 105)
XYZxyz(61.2053, 70.1218, 19.7601)
Luminance0.7012 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E8DE591.001.4015.0215.02
#FFFFFF1.401.0021.0021.00
#00000015.0221.001.001.00
##00000015.0221.001.001.00

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

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#E8DE59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva