#E8D153#E8D153
#E8D153 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.145 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8D153 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 209, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 76%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 64%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 64.2%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.64, -6.27, 63.31) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.64, 63.62, 95.66°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.69% -0.0225 0.1436) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.69% 0.145 98.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.6430, 63.3839, 17.3800) |
| Luminance | 0.6338 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.71
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.50
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.51
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.88
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.96
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.27
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8D153 #536AE8
analogous
#E88753 #E8D153 #B5E853
triadic
#E8D153 #53E8D1 #D153E8
tetradic
#E8D153 #53E887 #536AE8 #E853B5
square
#E8D153 #53E887 #536AE8 #E853B5
split-complementary
#E8D153 #53B5E8 #8753E8
monochromatic
#AA9317 #E0C21E #E8D153 #EFDF89 #F6EEBF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.54
#E8D153 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.68
#E8D153 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8D153
13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8D153 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8D153 | 1.00 | 1.54 | 13.68 | 13.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4CC44
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD45A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9C3B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8d153; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 209, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.145 98.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3de89',
500: '#e8d153',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8d153; $custom-light: #f3de89; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8d153",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 209,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.738,
"s": 76.41,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85688,
"c": 0.14537,
"h": 98.9
},
"luminance": 0.63381
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8D153
secondary
#3446AB
accent
#2CD90D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F