#E4C253#E4C253

#E4C253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.134 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C253
RGB	rgb(228, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -0.25, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 58.69, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0049 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.134 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.8506, 55.7049, 16.1503)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C253 #5375E4

analogous

#E47953 #E4C253 #BDE453

triadic

#E4C253 #53E4C2 #C253E4

tetradic

#E4C253 #53E479 #5375E4 #E453BD

square

#E4C253 #53E479 #5375E4 #E453BD

split-complementary

#E4C253 #53BDE4 #7953E4

monochromatic

#A3831A #D8AD22 #E4C253 #ECD588 #F5E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E4C253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#E4C253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C253

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C253	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.134 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d488',
    500: '#e4c253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c253;
$custom-light: #f0d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.931,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82281,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C253

secondary

#3650A5

accent

#3FD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C253

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

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