#E8D453#E8D453
#E8D453 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.148 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8D453 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 212, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 76%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 64%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 64.2%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.42, -7.79, 64.13) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.42, 64.60, 96.93°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.3% -0.0268 0.1454) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.3% 0.148 100.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.3860, 64.8698, 17.6276) |
| Luminance | 0.6487 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.85
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.78
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.10
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.16
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.35
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8D453 #5367E8
analogous
#E88A53 #E8D453 #B2E853
triadic
#E8D453 #53E8D4 #D453E8
tetradic
#E8D453 #53E88A #5367E8 #E853B2
square
#E8D453 #53E88A #5367E8 #E853B2
split-complementary
#E8D453 #53B2E8 #8A53E8
monochromatic
#AA9617 #E0C61E #E8D453 #EFE189 #F6EFBF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.50
#E8D453 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.97
#E8D453 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8D453
13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8D453 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8D453 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 13.97 | 13.97 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E7CE43
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD65A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9C6B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8d453; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 212, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.148 100.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3e089',
500: '#e8d453',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8d453; $custom-light: #f3e089; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8d453",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 212,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.946,
"s": 76.41,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.863,
"c": 0.1478,
"h": 100.5
},
"luminance": 0.64867
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8D453
secondary
#3444AB
accent
#28D90D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F