#E8CC53#E8CC53

#E8CC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.142 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8CC53
RGB	rgb(232, 204, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.36, -3.72, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.36, 62.05, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.0152 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.142 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.4355, 60.9688, 16.9775)
Luminance	0.6097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8CC53 #536FE8

analogous

#E88253 #E8CC53 #BAE853

triadic

#E8CC53 #53E8CC #CC53E8

tetradic

#E8CC53 #53E882 #536FE8 #E853BA

square

#E8CC53 #53E882 #536FE8 #E853BA

split-complementary

#E8CC53 #53BAE8 #8253E8

monochromatic

#AA8E17 #E0BB1E #E8CC53 #EFDC89 #F6ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E8CC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#E8CC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8CC53

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8CC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8CC53	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8cc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 204, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.142 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db89',
    500: '#e8cc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8cc53;
$custom-light: #f3db89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8cc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.725,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84672,
    "c": 0.14155,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8CC53

secondary

#344AAB

accent

#33D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8CC53

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →