#E4E53D#E4E53D

#E4E53D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.178 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E53D
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 61)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 73.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.39, -18.99, 76.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.39, 78.39, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.0603 0.1671)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.178 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.8587, 72.8713, 15.2737)
Luminance	0.7287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E53D #3E3DE5

analogous

#E5923D #E4E53D #90E53D

triadic

#E4E53D #3DE4E5 #E53DE4

tetradic

#E4E53D #3DE592 #3E3DE5 #E53D90

square

#E4E53D #3DE592 #3E3DE5 #E53D90

split-complementary

#E4E53D #3D90E5 #923DE5

monochromatic

#939414 #C9CA1B #E4E53D #ECEC73 #F3F3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E4E53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E53D

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E53D	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DB17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.178 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ec7f',
    500: '#e4e53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e53d;
$custom-light: #f1ec7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.357,
    "s": 76.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89337,
    "c": 0.17762,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E53D

secondary

#2F2E98

accent

#35F336

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E53D

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

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