#E4CD53#E4CD53

#E4CD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD53
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -5.91, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 62.01, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.0212 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.3899, 60.7837, 16.9968)
Luminance	0.6078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD53 #536AE4

analogous

#E48453 #E4CD53 #B2E453

triadic

#E4CD53 #53E4CD #CD53E4

tetradic

#E4CD53 #53E484 #536AE4 #E453B2

square

#E4CD53 #53E484 #536AE4 #E453B2

split-complementary

#E4CD53 #53B2E4 #8453E4

monochromatic

#A38D1A #D8BB22 #E4CD53 #ECDC88 #F5ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#E4CD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD53

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD53	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db89',
    500: '#e4cd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd53;
$custom-light: #f0db89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.483,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84509,
    "c": 0.14198,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD53

secondary

#3647A5

accent

#30D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD53

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

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