#E8D253#E8D253

#E8D253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.146 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D253
RGB	rgb(232, 210, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.90, -6.78, 63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.90, 63.94, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.0239 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.146 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.8891, 63.8761, 17.4620)
Luminance	0.6387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D253 #5369E8

analogous

#E88853 #E8D253 #B4E853

triadic

#E8D253 #53E8D2 #D253E8

tetradic

#E8D253 #53E888 #5369E8 #E853B4

square

#E8D253 #53E888 #5369E8 #E853B4

split-complementary

#E8D253 #53B4E8 #8853E8

monochromatic

#AA9417 #E0C31E #E8D253 #EFE089 #F6EEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E8D253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#E8D253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D253

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D253	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 210, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.146 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3df89',
    500: '#e8d253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d253;
$custom-light: #f3df89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.141,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85892,
    "c": 0.14617,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D253

secondary

#3446AB

accent

#2BD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D253

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

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