#E4E53E#E4E53E

#E4E53E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.177 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E53E
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 72.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.39, -18.94, 75.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.39, 78.08, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.0601 0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.177 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.8859, 72.8822, 15.4169)
Luminance	0.7288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E53E #3F3EE5

analogous

#E5923E #E4E53E #91E53E

triadic

#E4E53E #3EE4E5 #E53EE4

tetradic

#E4E53E #3EE592 #3F3EE5 #E53E91

square

#E4E53E #3EE592 #3F3EE5 #E53E91

split-complementary

#E4E53E #3E91E5 #923EE5

monochromatic

#949514 #C9CB1B #E4E53E #ECEC74 #F3F4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E4E53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E53E

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E53E	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DB19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.177 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec7f',
    500: '#e4e53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e53e;
$custom-light: #f0ec7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.359,
    "s": 76.256,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89343,
    "c": 0.17709,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E53E

secondary

#2F2E99

accent

#35F336

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E53E

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

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