#E8E759#E8E759

#E8E759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.161 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E759
RGB	rgb(232, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.41, -16.87, 66.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.41, 69.06, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(90.29% -0.052 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(90.29% 0.161 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.6598, 75.0307, 20.5782)
Luminance	0.7503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E759 #595AE8

analogous

#E89F59 #E8E759 #A2E859

triadic

#E8E759 #59E8E7 #E759E8

tetradic

#E8E759 #59E89F #595AE8 #E859A2

square

#E8E759 #59E89F #595AE8 #E859A2

split-complementary

#E8E759 #59A2E8 #9F59E8

monochromatic

#AEAD18 #E1DF23 #E8E759 #EFEF8F #F7F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E8E759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#E8E759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E759

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E759	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.161 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ee8e',
    500: '#e8e759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e759;
$custom-light: #f2ee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.58,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90286,
    "c": 0.16084,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E759

secondary

#3637AF

accent

#0FD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E759

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

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