#E4D053#E4D053
#E4D053 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.144 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4D053 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 208, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 73%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 64%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 63.6%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.04, -7.43, 62.56) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.04, 63.00, 96.78°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.12% -0.0256 0.1421) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.12% 0.144 100.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.1144, 62.2327, 17.2383) |
| Luminance | 0.6223 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.77
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.30
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.33
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.54
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.68
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.70
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4D053 #5367E4
analogous
#E48753 #E4D053 #AFE453
triadic
#E4D053 #53E4D0 #D053E4
tetradic
#E4D053 #53E487 #5367E4 #E453AF
square
#E4D053 #53E487 #5367E4 #E453AF
split-complementary
#E4D053 #53AFE4 #8753E4
monochromatic
#A3901A #D8BF22 #E4D053 #ECDE88 #F5EDBD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#E4D053 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.45
#E4D053 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4D053
13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4D053 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4D053 | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.45 | 13.45 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E3CA44
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D25A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5C2B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4d053; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 208, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.144 100.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0de89',
500: '#e4d053',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4d053; $custom-light: #f0de89; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4d053",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 208,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.724,
"s": 72.864,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85124,
"c": 0.14442,
"h": 100.2
},
"luminance": 0.6223
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4D053
secondary
#3645A5
accent
#2CD511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F