#E8E559#E8E559

#E8E559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.159 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E559
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.88, -15.90, 66.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.88, 68.28, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(89.87% -0.0492 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(89.87% 0.159 108)
XYZ	xyz(63.1032, 73.9176, 20.3927)
Luminance	0.7392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E559 #595CE8

analogous

#E89D59 #E8E559 #A4E859

triadic

#E8E559 #59E8E5 #E559E8

tetradic

#E8E559 #59E89D #595CE8 #E859A4

square

#E8E559 #59E89D #595CE8 #E859A4

split-complementary

#E8E559 #59A4E8 #9D59E8

monochromatic

#AEAB18 #E1DD23 #E8E559 #EFED8F #F7F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#E8E559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E559

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E559	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.159 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed8e',
    500: '#e8e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e559;
$custom-light: #f2ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.741,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89869,
    "c": 0.15885,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.73916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E559

secondary

#3638AF

accent

#12D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E559

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

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