#E4E553#E4E553

#E4E553 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.164 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E553
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.52, -17.89, 68.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.52, 70.64, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0552 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.164 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.5775, 73.1588, 19.0593)
Luminance	0.7316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E553 #5453E5

analogous

#E59D53 #E4E553 #9BE553

triadic

#E4E553 #53E4E5 #E553E4

tetradic

#E4E553 #53E59D #5453E5 #E5539B

square

#E4E553 #53E59D #5453E5 #E5539B

split-complementary

#E4E553 #539BE5 #9D53E5

monochromatic

#A4A519 #D9DA21 #E4E553 #ECED88 #F5F5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E4E553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E553

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E553	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.164 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8a',
    500: '#e4e553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e553;
$custom-light: #f0ed8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.411,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8949,
    "c": 0.16392,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E553

secondary

#3635A7

accent

#10D611

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E553

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

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