#E4D953#E4D953

#E4D953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.152 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D953
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.38, -11.96, 65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.38, 66.13, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% -0.0384 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.152 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.3713, 66.7463, 17.9905)
Luminance	0.6674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D953 #535EE4

analogous

#E49053 #E4D953 #A6E453

triadic

#E4D953 #53E4D9 #D953E4

tetradic

#E4D953 #53E490 #535EE4 #E453A6

square

#E4D953 #53E490 #535EE4 #E453A6

split-complementary

#E4D953 #53A6E4 #9053E4

monochromatic

#A3991A #D8CA22 #E4D953 #ECE588 #F5F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#E4D953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D953

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D953	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.152 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e489',
    500: '#e4d953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d953;
$custom-light: #f0e489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.448,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86981,
    "c": 0.15232,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D953

secondary

#363EA5

accent

#1FD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D953

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

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