#E8E053#E8E053

#E8E053 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.158 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E053
RGB	rgb(232, 224, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.53, -13.79, 67.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.53, 68.80, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(88.78% -0.0439 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(88.78% 0.158 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.4979, 71.0938, 18.6649)
Luminance	0.7109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E053 #535BE8

analogous

#E89653 #E8E053 #A5E853

triadic

#E8E053 #53E8E0 #E053E8

tetradic

#E8E053 #53E896 #535BE8 #E853A5

square

#E8E053 #53E896 #535BE8 #E853A5

split-complementary

#E8E053 #53A5E8 #9653E8

monochromatic

#AAA217 #E0D51E #E8E053 #EFEA89 #F6F3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E8E053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#E8E053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E053

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E053	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 224, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.158 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e98a',
    500: '#e8e053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e053;
$custom-light: #f3e98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.779,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88776,
    "c": 0.15846,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E053

secondary

#343AAB

accent

#18D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E053

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

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