#E8C653#E8C653

#E8C653 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.137 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C653
RGB	rgb(232, 198, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -0.64, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 60.31, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0063 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.137 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.0368, 58.1715, 16.5112)
Luminance	0.5817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C653 #5375E8

analogous

#E87C53 #E8C653 #BFE853

triadic

#E8C653 #53E8C6 #C653E8

tetradic

#E8C653 #53E87C #5375E8 #E853BF

square

#E8C653 #53E87C #5375E8 #E853BF

split-complementary

#E8C653 #53BFE8 #7C53E8

monochromatic

#AA8817 #E0B41E #E8C653 #EFD889 #F6EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E8C653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#E8C653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C653

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C653	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 198, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.137 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d788',
    500: '#e8c653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c653;
$custom-light: #f3d788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83465,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C653

secondary

#344FAB

accent

#3BD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C653

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

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