#E8E453#E8E453

#E8E453 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.162 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E453
RGB	rgb(232, 228, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.58, -15.77, 68.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.58, 70.28, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(89.61% -0.0494 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(89.61% 0.162 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.5856, 73.2691, 19.0275)
Luminance	0.7327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E453 #5357E8

analogous

#E89A53 #E8E453 #A2E853

triadic

#E8E453 #53E8E4 #E453E8

tetradic

#E8E453 #53E89A #5357E8 #E853A2

square

#E8E453 #53E89A #5357E8 #E853A2

split-complementary

#E8E453 #53A2E8 #9A53E8

monochromatic

#AAA617 #E0DB1E #E8E453 #EFEC89 #F6F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E8E453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#E8E453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E453

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E453	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 228, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.162 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec8a',
    500: '#e8e453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e453;
$custom-light: #f3ec8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.389,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89609,
    "c": 0.16228,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E453

secondary

#3437AB

accent

#12D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E453

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

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