#E8ED59#E8ED59

#E8ED59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.167 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8ED59
RGB	rgb(232, 237, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.98, -19.79, 68.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.98, 71.43, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.55% -0.0602 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(91.55% 0.167 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.3680, 78.4470, 21.1476)
Luminance	0.7844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8ED59 #5E59ED

analogous

#EDA859 #E8ED59 #9EED59

triadic

#E8ED59 #59E8ED #ED59E8

tetradic

#E8ED59 #59EDA8 #5E59ED #ED599E

square

#E8ED59 #59EDA8 #5E59ED #ED599E

split-complementary

#E8ED59 #599EED #A859ED

monochromatic

#B2B814 #E0E722 #E8ED59 #F0F390 #F7F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E8ED59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#E8ED59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8ED59

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8ED59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8ED59	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ed59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 237, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.167 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f28e',
    500: '#e8ed59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ed59;
$custom-light: #f2f28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ed59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.027,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91545,
    "c": 0.16696,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8ED59

secondary

#3833B7

accent

#09DD10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8ED59

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

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