#E4C53E#E4C53E

#E4C53E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.150 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C53E
RGB	rgb(228, 197, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 72.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -2.91, 67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 67.87, 92.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.015 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.15 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8334, 56.7772, 12.7327)
Luminance	0.5677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C53E #3E5DE4

analogous

#E4723E #E4C53E #B0E43E

triadic

#E4C53E #3EE4C5 #C53EE4

tetradic

#E4C53E #3EE472 #3E5DE4 #E43EB0

square

#E4C53E #3EE472 #3E5DE4 #E43EB0

split-complementary

#E4C53E #3EB0E4 #723EE4

monochromatic

#937B15 #C9A81C #E4C53E #ECD574 #F3E5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E4C53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#E4C53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C53E

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C53E	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 197, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.150 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d67c',
    500: '#e4c53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c53e;
$custom-light: #f1d67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.795,
    "s": 75.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82712,
    "c": 0.15048,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C53E

secondary

#2F4297

accent

#59F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C53E

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

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