#E4E055#E4E055

#E4E055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.157 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E055
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.22, -15.32, 66.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.22, 67.92, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(88.46% -0.0477 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(88.46% 0.157 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.2923, 70.4630, 19.0173)
Luminance	0.7046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E055 #5559E4

analogous

#E49955 #E4E055 #A1E455

triadic

#E4E055 #55E4E0 #E055E4

tetradic

#E4E055 #55E499 #5559E4 #E455A1

square

#E4E055 #55E499 #5559E4 #E455A1

split-complementary

#E4E055 #55A1E4 #9955E4

monochromatic

#A4A11A #D9D423 #E4E055 #ECEA8A #F5F3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E4E055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#E4E055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E055

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E055	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.157 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e98b',
    500: '#e4e055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e055;
$custom-light: #f0e98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.322,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88458,
    "c": 0.15749,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E055

secondary

#363AA7

accent

#16D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E055

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

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