#E8E959#E8E959

#E8E959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.163 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E959
RGB	rgb(232, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.93, -17.85, 67.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.93, 69.84, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(90.71% -0.0547 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(90.71% 0.163 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.2228, 76.1566, 20.7659)
Luminance	0.7615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E959 #5A59E9

analogous

#E9A259 #E8E959 #A0E959

triadic

#E8E959 #59E8E9 #E959E8

tetradic

#E8E959 #59E9A2 #5A59E9 #E959A0

square

#E8E959 #59E9A2 #5A59E9 #E959A0

split-complementary

#E8E959 #59A0E9 #A259E9

monochromatic

#AFB017 #E1E223 #E8E959 #EFF08F #F7F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E8E959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#E8E959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E959

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E959	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.163 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef8e',
    500: '#e8e959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e959;
$custom-light: #f2ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.417,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90705,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E959

secondary

#3635B1

accent

#0DD90E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E959

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

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