#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
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.73, -16.42, 67.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.73, 69.48, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(88.86% -0.0511 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(88.86% 0.161 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.7546, 71.5130, 18.7850)
Luminance	0.7151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##E4E253	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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