#E8E553#E8E553

#E8E553 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.163 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E553
RGB	rgb(232, 229, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.84, -16.26, 68.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.84, 70.65, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0508 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.163 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.8615, 73.8209, 19.1195)
Luminance	0.7382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E553 #5356E8

analogous

#E89B53 #E8E553 #A1E853

triadic

#E8E553 #53E8E5 #E553E8

tetradic

#E8E553 #53E89B #5356E8 #E853A1

square

#E8E553 #53E89B #5356E8 #E853A1

split-complementary

#E8E553 #53A1E8 #9B53E8

monochromatic

#AAA717 #E0DC1E #E8E553 #EFED89 #F6F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E8E553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E8E553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E553

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E553	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 229, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.163 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed8a',
    500: '#e8e553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e553;
$custom-light: #f3ed8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.792,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89818,
    "c": 0.16325,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E553

secondary

#3436AB

accent

#11D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E553

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

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