#E4C053#E4C053

#E4C053 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.133 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C053
RGB	rgb(228, 192, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, 0.79, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 58.15, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0019 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.133 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4085, 54.8207, 16.0029)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C053 #5377E4

analogous

#E47753 #E4C053 #C0E453

triadic

#E4C053 #53E4C0 #C053E4

tetradic

#E4C053 #53E477 #5377E4 #E453C0

square

#E4C053 #53E477 #5377E4 #E453C0

split-complementary

#E4C053 #53C0E4 #7753E4

monochromatic

#A3811A #D8AB22 #E4C053 #ECD388 #F5E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E4C053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#E4C053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C053

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C053	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 192, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.133 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d288',
    500: '#e4c053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c053;
$custom-light: #f0d288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81881,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C053

secondary

#3651A5

accent

#41D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C053

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

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