#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
RGBrgb(232, 229, 83)
HSLhsl(59, 76%, 62%)
HSVhsv(59, 64%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.3%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(88.84, -16.26, 68.76)
CIE-LCHlch(88.84, 70.65, 103.30°)
OKLaboklab(89.82% -0.0508 0.1551)
OKLCHoklch(89.82% 0.163 108.1)
XYZxyz(62.8615, 73.8209, 19.1195)
Luminance0.7382 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E8E5531.001.3315.7615.76
#FFFFFF1.331.0021.0021.00
#00000015.7621.001.001.00
##00000015.7621.001.001.00

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

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#E8E553 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva