#E8E359#E8E359

#E8E359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.157 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E359
RGB	rgb(232, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.36, -14.91, 65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.36, 67.51, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(89.45% -0.0464 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(89.45% 0.157 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.5531, 72.8172, 20.2093)
Luminance	0.7281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E359 #595EE8

analogous

#E89B59 #E8E359 #A5E859

triadic

#E8E359 #59E8E3 #E359E8

tetradic

#E8E359 #59E89B #595EE8 #E859A5

square

#E8E359 #59E89B #595EE8 #E859A5

split-complementary

#E8E359 #59A5E8 #9B59E8

monochromatic

#AEA918 #E1DA23 #E8E359 #EFEC8F #F7F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E8E359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E8E359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E359

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E359	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.157 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb8e',
    500: '#e8e359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e359;
$custom-light: #f2eb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.902,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89452,
    "c": 0.15688,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E359

secondary

#363AAF

accent

#15D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E359

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

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