#E8E059#E8E059

#E8E059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.154 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E059
RGB	rgb(232, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.58, -13.43, 65.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.58, 66.38, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(88.83% -0.0422 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(88.83% 0.154 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.7397, 71.1905, 19.9382)
Luminance	0.7119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E059 #5961E8

analogous

#E89859 #E8E059 #A9E859

triadic

#E8E059 #59E8E0 #E059E8

tetradic

#E8E059 #59E898 #5961E8 #E859A9

square

#E8E059 #59E898 #5961E8 #E859A9

split-complementary

#E8E059 #59A9E8 #9859E8

monochromatic

#AEA618 #E1D623 #E8E059 #EFEA8F #F7F4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E8E059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#E8E059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E059

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E059	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.154 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e98e',
    500: '#e8e059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e059;
$custom-light: #f2e98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.643,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88828,
    "c": 0.15399,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E059

secondary

#363DAF

accent

#19D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E059

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

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