#E4CE53#E4CE53

#E4CE53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.143 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE53
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.52, -6.42, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.52, 62.34, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.0226 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.143 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6299, 61.2636, 17.0767)
Luminance	0.6126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE53 #5369E4

analogous

#E48553 #E4CE53 #B1E453

triadic

#E4CE53 #53E4CE #CE53E4

tetradic

#E4CE53 #53E485 #5369E4 #E453B1

square

#E4CE53 #53E485 #5369E4 #E453B1

split-complementary

#E4CE53 #53B1E4 #8553E4

monochromatic

#A38E1A #D8BC22 #E4CE53 #ECDD88 #F5ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#E4CE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE53

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE53	1.00	1.58	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.143 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc89',
    500: '#e4ce53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce53;
$custom-light: #f0dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84714,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE53

secondary

#3647A5

accent

#2ED511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE53

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

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