#E4CA53#E4CA53

#E4CA53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.140 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CA53
RGB	rgb(228, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.49, -4.37, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.49, 61.06, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.0168 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.14 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.6792, 59.3622, 16.7598)
Luminance	0.5936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CA53 #536DE4

analogous

#E48153 #E4CA53 #B6E453

triadic

#E4CA53 #53E4CA #CA53E4

tetradic

#E4CA53 #53E481 #536DE4 #E453B6

square

#E4CA53 #53E481 #536DE4 #E453B6

split-complementary

#E4CA53 #53B6E4 #8153E4

monochromatic

#A38A1A #D8B722 #E4CA53 #ECDA88 #F5EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4CA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#E4CA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CA53

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CA53	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.140 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d988',
    500: '#e4ca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ca53;
$custom-light: #f0d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.241,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83898,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CA53

secondary

#364AA5

accent

#34D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CA53

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

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