#E8E159#E8E159

#E8E159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.155 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E159
RGB	rgb(232, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -13.93, 65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 66.76, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.04% -0.0436 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(89.04% 0.155 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.0092, 71.7295, 20.0280)
Luminance	0.7173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E159 #5960E8

analogous

#E89959 #E8E159 #A7E859

triadic

#E8E159 #59E8E1 #E159E8

tetradic

#E8E159 #59E899 #5960E8 #E859A7

square

#E8E159 #59E899 #5960E8 #E859A7

split-complementary

#E8E159 #59A7E8 #9959E8

monochromatic

#AEA718 #E1D723 #E8E159 #EFEB8F #F7F4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E8E159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#E8E159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E159

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E159	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.155 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea8e',
    500: '#e8e159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e159;
$custom-light: #f2ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.063,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89036,
    "c": 0.15494,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E159

secondary

#363CAF

accent

#18D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E159

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

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