#E4D853#E4D853

#E4D853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.151 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D853
RGB	rgb(228, 216, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.11, -11.46, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.11, 65.77, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.037 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.151 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.1143, 66.2324, 17.9049)
Luminance	0.6623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D853 #535FE4

analogous

#E48F53 #E4D853 #A8E453

triadic

#E4D853 #53E4D8 #D853E4

tetradic

#E4D853 #53E48F #535FE4 #E453A8

square

#E4D853 #53E48F #535FE4 #E453A8

split-complementary

#E4D853 #53A8E4 #8F53E4

monochromatic

#A3981A #D8C922 #E4D853 #ECE488 #F5F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#E4D853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D853

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D853	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 216, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.151 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e389',
    500: '#e4d853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d853;
$custom-light: #f0e389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.034,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86774,
    "c": 0.15141,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D853

secondary

#363FA5

accent

#21D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D853

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

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