#E4C853#E4C853

#E4C853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.138 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C853
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -3.35, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 60.44, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0139 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.138 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.2130, 58.4297, 16.6044)
Luminance	0.5843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C853 #536FE4

analogous

#E47F53 #E4C853 #B7E453

triadic

#E4C853 #53E4C8 #C853E4

tetradic

#E4C853 #53E47F #536FE4 #E453B7

square

#E4C853 #53E47F #536FE4 #E453B7

split-complementary

#E4C853 #53B7E4 #7F53E4

monochromatic

#A3881A #D8B522 #E4C853 #ECD988 #F5EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E4C853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#E4C853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C853

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C853	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.138 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d888',
    500: '#e4c853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c853;
$custom-light: #f0d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83492,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C853

secondary

#364BA5

accent

#36D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C853

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

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