#E4CC53#E4CC53

#E4CC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.141 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CC53
RGB	rgb(228, 204, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -5.40, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 61.69, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% -0.0197 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(55.1515, 60.3068, 16.9173)
Luminance	0.6030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CC53 #536BE4

analogous

#E48353 #E4CC53 #B3E453

triadic

#E4CC53 #53E4CC #CC53E4

tetradic

#E4CC53 #53E483 #536BE4 #E453B3

square

#E4CC53 #53E483 #536BE4 #E453B3

split-complementary

#E4CC53 #53B3E4 #8353E4

monochromatic

#A38C1A #D8BA22 #E4CC53 #ECDC88 #F5EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E4CC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#E4CC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CC53

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CC53	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 204, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db88',
    500: '#e4cc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cc53;
$custom-light: #f0db88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84305,
    "c": 0.14119,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.60304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CC53

secondary

#3648A5

accent

#31D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CC53

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

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