#E8E153#E8E153

#E8E153 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.159 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E153
RGB	rgb(232, 225, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.79, -14.29, 67.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.79, 69.16, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(88.98% -0.0453 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(88.98% 0.159 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.7675, 71.6328, 18.7548)
Luminance	0.7163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E153 #535AE8

analogous

#E89753 #E8E153 #A5E853

triadic

#E8E153 #53E8E1 #E153E8

tetradic

#E8E153 #53E897 #535AE8 #E853A5

square

#E8E153 #53E897 #535AE8 #E853A5

split-complementary

#E8E153 #53A5E8 #9753E8

monochromatic

#AAA317 #E0D71E #E8E153 #EFEA89 #F6F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E8E153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#E8E153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E153

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E153	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 225, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.159 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8a',
    500: '#e8e153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e153;
$custom-light: #f3ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.181,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88984,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E153

secondary

#343AAB

accent

#16D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E153

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

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