#E4D253#E4D253

#E4D253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.146 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D253
RGB	rgb(228, 210, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.55, -8.45, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.55, 63.67, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% -0.0284 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.146 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6051, 63.2141, 17.4018)
Luminance	0.6321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D253 #5365E4

analogous

#E48953 #E4D253 #ADE453

triadic

#E4D253 #53E4D2 #D253E4

tetradic

#E4D253 #53E489 #5365E4 #E453AD

square

#E4D253 #53E489 #5365E4 #E453AD

split-complementary

#E4D253 #53ADE4 #8953E4

monochromatic

#A3921A #D8C122 #E4D253 #ECE088 #F5EEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E4D253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#E4D253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D253

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D253	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 210, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.146 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0df89',
    500: '#e4d253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d253;
$custom-light: #f0df89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.552,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85535,
    "c": 0.14611,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D253

secondary

#3644A5

accent

#29D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D253

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

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