#E4C953#E4C953

#E4C953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.139 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C953
RGB	rgb(228, 201, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -3.86, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 60.75, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.0153 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.139 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4453, 58.8944, 16.6819)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C953 #536EE4

analogous

#E48053 #E4C953 #B6E453

triadic

#E4C953 #53E4C9 #C953E4

tetradic

#E4C953 #53E480 #536EE4 #E453B6

square

#E4C953 #53E480 #536EE4 #E453B6

split-complementary

#E4C953 #53B6E4 #8053E4

monochromatic

#A3891A #D8B622 #E4C953 #ECDA88 #F5EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E4C953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#E4C953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C953

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C953	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 201, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.139 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d988',
    500: '#e4c953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c953;
$custom-light: #f0d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83695,
    "c": 0.13889,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C953

secondary

#364BA5

accent

#35D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C953

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

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