#E8C353#E8C353

#E8C353 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.136 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C353
RGB	rgb(232, 195, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, 0.91, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 59.49, 89.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0018 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.136 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.3579, 56.8136, 16.2849)
Luminance	0.5681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C353 #5378E8

analogous

#E87953 #E8C353 #C2E853

triadic

#E8C353 #53E8C3 #C353E8

tetradic

#E8C353 #53E879 #5378E8 #E853C2

square

#E8C353 #53E879 #5378E8 #E853C2

split-complementary

#E8C353 #53C2E8 #7953E8

monochromatic

#AA8517 #E0B01E #E8C353 #EFD689 #F6E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E8C353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#E8C353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C353

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C353	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 195, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.136 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d488',
    500: '#e8c353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c353;
$custom-light: #f3d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82865,
    "c": 0.13551,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C353

secondary

#3452AB

accent

#3FD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C353

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

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