#E4E056#E4E056

#E4E056 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 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E056
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.23, -15.25, 65.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.23, 67.52, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.47% -0.0475 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(88.47% 0.157 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.3323, 70.4790, 19.2280)
Luminance	0.7048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E056 #565AE4

analogous

#E49956 #E4E056 #A1E456

triadic

#E4E056 #56E4E0 #E056E4

tetradic

#E4E056 #56E499 #565AE4 #E456A1

square

#E4E056 #56E499 #565AE4 #E456A1

split-complementary

#E4E056 #56A1E4 #9956E4

monochromatic

#A5A11A #DAD523 #E4E056 #ECEA8B #F5F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E4E056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#E4E056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E056

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E056	1.00	1.39	15.10	15.10
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.157 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e98c',
    500: '#e4e056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e056;
$custom-light: #f0e98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88467,
    "c": 0.15675,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E056

secondary

#373AA7

accent

#16D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E056

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

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