#E8C753#E8C753
#E8C753 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.138 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8C753 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 199, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 76%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 64%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 64.2%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.09, -1.15, 60.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.09, 60.59, 91.09°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.67% -0.0078 0.1378) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.67% 0.138 93.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.2661, 58.6301, 16.5877) |
| Luminance | 0.5863 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.48
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.35
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.86
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.02
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.18
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.32
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8C753 #5374E8
analogous
#E87D53 #E8C753 #BFE853
triadic
#E8C753 #53E8C7 #C753E8
tetradic
#E8C753 #53E87D #5374E8 #E853BF
square
#E8C753 #53E87D #5374E8 #E853BF
split-complementary
#E8C753 #53BFE8 #7D53E8
monochromatic
#AA8917 #E0B51E #E8C753 #EFD989 #F6EABF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.65
#E8C753 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.73
#E8C753 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8C753
12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8C753 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8C753 | 1.00 | 1.65 | 12.73 | 12.73 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC446
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CE59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAB8AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8c753; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 199, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.138 93.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3d788',
500: '#e8c753',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8c753; $custom-light: #f3d788; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8c753",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 199,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.711,
"s": 76.41,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83665,
"c": 0.13805,
"h": 93.2
},
"luminance": 0.58627
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8C753
secondary
#344EAB
accent
#3AD90D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F