#E4E05A#E4E05A

#E4E05A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.154 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E05A
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.26, -15.00, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.26, 65.89, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.0463 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.154 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.4980, 70.5453, 20.1007)
Luminance	0.7054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E05A #5A5EE4

analogous

#E49B5A #E4E05A #A3E45A

triadic

#E4E05A #5AE4E0 #E05AE4

tetradic

#E4E05A #5AE49B #5A5EE4 #E45AA3

square

#E4E05A #5AE49B #5A5EE4 #E45AA3

split-complementary

#E4E05A #5AA3E4 #9B5AE4

monochromatic

#A8A41C #DBD625 #E4E05A #EDEA8F #F5F4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E4E05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#E4E05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E05A

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E05A	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)

#F1D84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.154 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe98e',
    500: '#e4e05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e05a;
$custom-light: #efe98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88503,
    "c": 0.15367,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E05A

secondary

#383BAA

accent

#17D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E05A

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

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