#E4E253#E4E253

#E4E253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.161 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E4E253
RGBrgb(228, 226, 83)
HSLhsl(59, 73%, 61%)
HSVhsv(59, 64%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.9%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.73, -16.42, 67.51)
CIE-LCHlch(87.73, 69.48, 103.67°)
OKLaboklab(88.86% -0.0511 0.1526)
OKLCHoklch(88.86% 0.161 108.5)
XYZxyz(60.7546, 71.5130, 18.7850)
Luminance0.7151 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E4E253 #5355E4
analogous
#E49953 #E4E253 #9EE453
triadic
#E4E253 #53E4E2 #E253E4
tetradic
#E4E253 #53E499 #5355E4 #E4539E
square
#E4E253 #53E499 #5355E4 #E4539E
split-complementary
#E4E253 #539EE4 #9953E4
monochromatic
#A3A11A #D8D522 #E4E253 #ECEB88 #F5F4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37
#E4E253 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30
#E4E253 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E253
15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E4E253#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E4E2531.001.3715.3015.30
#FFFFFF1.371.0021.0021.00
#00000015.3021.001.001.00
##00000015.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F4D940
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6DE5C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3D4C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e4e253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.161 108.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8a',
    500: '#e4e253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e4e253;
$custom-light: #f0ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e4e253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.172,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8886,
    "c": 0.16093,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E4E253
secondary
#3637A5
accent
#13D511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E253

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#E4E253 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva