#E4E057#E4E057

#E4E057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.156 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E057
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.24, -15.19, 65.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.24, 67.12, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(88.48% -0.0472 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(88.48% 0.156 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.3729, 70.4953, 19.4417)
Luminance	0.7049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E057 #575BE4

analogous

#E49A57 #E4E057 #A2E457

triadic

#E4E057 #57E4E0 #E057E4

tetradic

#E4E057 #57E49A #575BE4 #E457A2

square

#E4E057 #57E49A #575BE4 #E457A2

split-complementary

#E4E057 #57A2E4 #9A57E4

monochromatic

#A6A21B #DBD523 #E4E057 #ECEA8C #F5F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E4E057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#E4E057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E057

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E057	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)

#F1D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.156 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e98c',
    500: '#e4e057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e057;
$custom-light: #f0e98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.298,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88475,
    "c": 0.15599,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E057

secondary

#373AA8

accent

#17D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E057

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

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