#E8EE59#E8EE59

#E8EE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.168 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8EE59
RGB	rgb(232, 238, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.25, -20.27, 68.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.25, 71.83, 106.39°)
OKLab	oklab(91.76% -0.0615 0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(91.76% 0.168 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.6583, 79.0277, 21.2444)
Luminance	0.7903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8EE59 #5F59EE

analogous

#EEAA59 #E8EE59 #9EEE59

triadic

#E8EE59 #59E8EE #EE59E8

tetradic

#E8EE59 #59EEAA #5F59EE #EE599E

square

#E8EE59 #59EEAA #5F59EE #EE599E

split-complementary

#E8EE59 #599EEE #AA59EE

monochromatic

#B3BA13 #E0E821 #E8EE59 #F0F491 #F7F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E8EE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.81

#E8EE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8EE59

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8EE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8EE59	1.00	1.25	16.81	16.81
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ee59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 238, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.168 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f38f',
    500: '#e8ee59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ee59;
$custom-light: #f2f38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ee59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.416,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91755,
    "c": 0.168,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8EE59

secondary

#3833B9

accent

#08DE10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8EE59

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

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