#E4E051#E4E051

#E4E051 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.160 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E051
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.19, -15.55, 67.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.19, 69.50, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.42% -0.0488 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(88.42% 0.16 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.1378, 70.4013, 18.2039)
Luminance	0.7040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E051 #5155E4

analogous

#E49651 #E4E051 #9FE451

triadic

#E4E051 #51E4E0 #E051E4

tetradic

#E4E051 #51E496 #5155E4 #E4519F

square

#E4E051 #51E496 #5155E4 #E4519F

split-complementary

#E4E051 #519FE4 #9651E4

monochromatic

#A29E19 #D7D221 #E4E051 #ECE986 #F4F3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E4E051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#E4E051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E051

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E051	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)

#F2D73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.160 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e989',
    500: '#e4e051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e051;
$custom-light: #f0e989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.367,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88424,
    "c": 0.1604,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E051

secondary

#3538A4

accent

#16D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E051

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

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