#E8C853#E8C853

#E8C853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.139 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C853
RGB	rgb(232, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -1.67, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 60.87, 91.57°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.0093 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.139 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.4970, 59.0918, 16.6646)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C853 #5373E8

analogous

#E87E53 #E8C853 #BEE853

triadic

#E8C853 #53E8C8 #C853E8

tetradic

#E8C853 #53E87E #5373E8 #E853BE

square

#E8C853 #53E87E #5373E8 #E853BE

split-complementary

#E8C853 #53BEE8 #7E53E8

monochromatic

#AA8A17 #E0B61E #E8C853 #EFD989 #F6EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E8C853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#E8C853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C853

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C853	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.139 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d888',
    500: '#e8c853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c853;
$custom-light: #f3d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.114,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83866,
    "c": 0.13872,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C853

secondary

#344EAB

accent

#39D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C853

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

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