#E4E050#E4E050

#E4E050 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.161 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E050
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.19, -15.61, 68.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.19, 69.89, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(88.42% -0.0491 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(88.42% 0.161 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.1006, 70.3864, 18.0079)
Luminance	0.7038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E050 #5054E4

analogous

#E49650 #E4E050 #9EE450

triadic

#E4E050 #50E4E0 #E050E4

tetradic

#E4E050 #50E496 #5054E4 #E4509E

square

#E4E050 #50E496 #5054E4 #E4509E

split-complementary

#E4E050 #509EE4 #9650E4

monochromatic

#A19D19 #D6D121 #E4E050 #ECE985 #F4F3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E4E050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#E4E050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E050

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E050	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.161 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e988',
    500: '#e4e050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e050;
$custom-light: #f0e988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88416,
    "c": 0.16111,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E050

secondary

#3538A4

accent

#15D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E050

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

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