#E4E053#E4E053

#E4E053 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.159 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E053
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.21, -15.44, 66.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.21, 68.72, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.44% -0.0483 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(88.44% 0.159 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2139, 70.4317, 18.6048)
Luminance	0.7043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E053 #5357E4

analogous

#E49753 #E4E053 #9FE453

triadic

#E4E053 #53E4E0 #E053E4

tetradic

#E4E053 #53E497 #5357E4 #E4539F

square

#E4E053 #53E497 #5357E4 #E4539F

split-complementary

#E4E053 #539FE4 #9753E4

monochromatic

#A39F1A #D8D322 #E4E053 #ECEA88 #F5F3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E4E053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#E4E053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E053

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E053	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.159 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e98a',
    500: '#e4e053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e053;
$custom-light: #f0e98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.345,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88441,
    "c": 0.15897,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E053

secondary

#3639A5

accent

#16D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E053

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

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