#E4CB53#E4CB53

#E4CB53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.140 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CB53
RGB	rgb(228, 203, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -4.88, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 61.37, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0183 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.14 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.9146, 59.8330, 16.8383)
Luminance	0.5983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CB53 #536CE4

analogous

#E48253 #E4CB53 #B4E453

triadic

#E4CB53 #53E4CB #CB53E4

tetradic

#E4CB53 #53E482 #536CE4 #E453B4

square

#E4CB53 #53E482 #536CE4 #E453B4

split-complementary

#E4CB53 #53B4E4 #8253E4

monochromatic

#A38B1A #D8B922 #E4CB53 #ECDB88 #F5EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E4CB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#E4CB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CB53

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CB53	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 203, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.140 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da88',
    500: '#e4cb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cb53;
$custom-light: #f0da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84101,
    "c": 0.1404,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CB53

secondary

#3649A5

accent

#32D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CB53

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

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