#E4E059#E4E059

#E4E059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.154 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E059
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.26, -15.07, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.26, 66.30, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(88.49% -0.0466 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(88.49% 0.154 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.4557, 70.5284, 19.8780)
Luminance	0.7053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E059 #595DE4

analogous

#E49A59 #E4E059 #A3E459

triadic

#E4E059 #59E4E0 #E059E4

tetradic

#E4E059 #59E49A #595DE4 #E459A3

square

#E4E059 #59E49A #595DE4 #E459A3

split-complementary

#E4E059 #59A3E4 #9A59E4

monochromatic

#A7A31B #DBD624 #E4E059 #EDEA8E #F5F4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E4E059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#E4E059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E059

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E059	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.154 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e98d',
    500: '#e4e059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e059;
$custom-light: #f0e98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88494,
    "c": 0.15445,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E059

secondary

#383BA9

accent

#17D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E059

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

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