#E8C453#E8C453

#E8C453 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.136 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C453
RGB	rgb(232, 196, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, 0.40, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 59.76, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.0033 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.136 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.5827, 57.2632, 16.3599)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C453 #5377E8

analogous

#E87A53 #E8C453 #C2E853

triadic

#E8C453 #53E8C4 #C453E8

tetradic

#E8C453 #53E87A #5377E8 #E853C2

square

#E8C453 #53E87A #5377E8 #E853C2

split-complementary

#E8C453 #53C2E8 #7A53E8

monochromatic

#AA8617 #E0B11E #E8C453 #EFD789 #F6E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E8C453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#E8C453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C453

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C453	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 196, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.136 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d588',
    500: '#e8c453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c453;
$custom-light: #f3d588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83065,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C453

secondary

#3451AB

accent

#3ED90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C453

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

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