#E8E653#E8E653

#E8E653 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.164 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E653
RGB	rgb(232, 230, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.10, -16.75, 69.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.10, 71.03, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.0522 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.164 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.1390, 74.3759, 19.2120)
Luminance	0.7437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E653 #5355E8

analogous

#E89C53 #E8E653 #9FE853

triadic

#E8E653 #53E8E6 #E653E8

tetradic

#E8E653 #53E89C #5355E8 #E8539F

square

#E8E653 #53E89C #5355E8 #E8539F

split-complementary

#E8E653 #539FE8 #9C53E8

monochromatic

#AAA817 #E0DD1E #E8E653 #EFEE89 #F6F6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E8E653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#E8E653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E653

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E653	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 230, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.164 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed8a',
    500: '#e8e653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e653;
$custom-light: #f3ed8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.195,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90027,
    "c": 0.16423,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E653

secondary

#3436AB

accent

#10D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E653

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

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