#E8D553#E8D553

#E8D553 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.149 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D553
RGB	rgb(232, 213, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.67, -8.30, 64.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.67, 64.93, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% -0.0283 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.149 101)
XYZ	xyz(58.6367, 65.3713, 17.7112)
Luminance	0.6537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D553 #5366E8

analogous

#E88B53 #E8D553 #B1E853

triadic

#E8D553 #53E8D5 #D553E8

tetradic

#E8D553 #53E88B #5366E8 #E853B1

square

#E8D553 #53E88B #5366E8 #E853B1

split-complementary

#E8D553 #53B1E8 #8B53E8

monochromatic

#AA9717 #E0C71E #E8D553 #EFE289 #F6EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E8D553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#E8D553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D553

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D553	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.149 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e189',
    500: '#e8d553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d553;
$custom-light: #f3e189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.349,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86505,
    "c": 0.14864,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.65369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D553

secondary

#3443AB

accent

#27D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D553

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

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