#E8E953#E8E953

#E8E953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.167 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E953
RGB	rgb(232, 233, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.89, -18.21, 69.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.89, 72.18, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(90.66% -0.0563 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(90.66% 0.167 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.9810, 76.0599, 19.4926)
Luminance	0.7606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E953 #5453E9

analogous

#E99F53 #E8E953 #9DE953

triadic

#E8E953 #53E8E9 #E953E8

tetradic

#E8E953 #53E99F #5453E9 #E9539D

square

#E8E953 #53E99F #5453E9 #E9539D

split-complementary

#E8E953 #539DE9 #9F53E9

monochromatic

#ABAC16 #E1E21D #E8E953 #EFF089 #F7F7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E8E953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#E8E953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E953

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E953	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 233, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.167 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef8b',
    500: '#e8e953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e953;
$custom-light: #f3ef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.4,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90655,
    "c": 0.1672,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E953

secondary

#3433AD

accent

#0CDA0D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E953

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

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