#E8CA53#E8CA53

#E8CA53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.140 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CA53
RGB	rgb(232, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.85, -2.70, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.85, 61.46, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0122 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.14 95)
XYZ	xyz(55.9632, 60.0242, 16.8200)
Luminance	0.6002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CA53 #5371E8

analogous

#E87F53 #E8CA53 #BCE853

triadic

#E8CA53 #53E8CA #CA53E8

tetradic

#E8CA53 #53E87F #5371E8 #E853BC

square

#E8CA53 #53E87F #5371E8 #E853BC

split-complementary

#E8CA53 #53BCE8 #7F53E8

monochromatic

#AA8C17 #E0B91E #E8CA53 #EFDB89 #F6EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E8CA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#E8CA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CA53

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CA53	1.00	1.61	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.140 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d988',
    500: '#e8ca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ca53;
$custom-light: #f3d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.919,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84268,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.60021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CA53

secondary

#344CAB

accent

#36D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CA53

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

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