#E8E659#E8E659

#E8E659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.160 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E659
RGB	rgb(232, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.15, -16.39, 66.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.15, 68.67, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(90.08% -0.0506 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(90.08% 0.16 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.3807, 74.4726, 20.4852)
Luminance	0.7447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E659 #595BE8

analogous

#E89E59 #E8E659 #A2E859

triadic

#E8E659 #59E8E6 #E659E8

tetradic

#E8E659 #59E89E #595BE8 #E859A2

square

#E8E659 #59E89E #595BE8 #E859A2

split-complementary

#E8E659 #59A2E8 #9E59E8

monochromatic

#AEAC18 #E1DE23 #E8E659 #EFEE8F #F7F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E8E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#E8E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E659

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E659	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.160 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed8e',
    500: '#e8e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e659;
$custom-light: #f2ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.161,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90077,
    "c": 0.15984,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E659

secondary

#3638AF

accent

#10D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E659

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

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