#E4C353#E4C353

#E4C353 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.135 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C353
RGB	rgb(228, 195, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -0.77, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 58.97, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0064 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.135 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.0739, 56.1516, 16.2247)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C353 #5374E4

analogous

#E47A53 #E4C353 #BCE453

triadic

#E4C353 #53E4C3 #C353E4

tetradic

#E4C353 #53E47A #5374E4 #E453BC

square

#E4C353 #53E47A #5374E4 #E453BC

split-complementary

#E4C353 #53BCE4 #7A53E4

monochromatic

#A3841A #D8AE22 #E4C353 #ECD588 #F5E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E4C353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#E4C353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C353

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C353	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 195, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.135 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d488',
    500: '#e4c353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c353;
$custom-light: #f0d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82482,
    "c": 0.13467,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C353

secondary

#364FA5

accent

#3DD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C353

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

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