#E8E459#E8E459

#E8E459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.158 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E459
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.62, -15.40, 66.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.62, 67.90, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0478 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.158 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.8274, 73.3658, 20.3008)
Luminance	0.7336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E459 #595DE8

analogous

#E89D59 #E8E459 #A4E859

triadic

#E8E459 #59E8E4 #E459E8

tetradic

#E8E459 #59E89D #595DE8 #E859A4

square

#E8E459 #59E89D #595DE8 #E859A4

split-complementary

#E8E459 #59A4E8 #9D59E8

monochromatic

#AEAA18 #E1DB23 #E8E459 #EFED8F #F7F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#E8E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E459

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E459	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.158 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec8e',
    500: '#e8e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e459;
$custom-light: #f2ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.322,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8966,
    "c": 0.15786,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E459

secondary

#3639AF

accent

#13D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E459

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

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