#E4E05B#E4E05B

#E4E05B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.153 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E05B
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.27, -14.94, 63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.27, 65.48, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.51% -0.046 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(88.51% 0.153 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.5408, 70.5625, 20.3263)
Luminance	0.7056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E05B #5B5FE4

analogous

#E49B5B #E4E05B #A4E45B

triadic

#E4E05B #5BE4E0 #E05BE4

tetradic

#E4E05B #5BE49B #5B5FE4 #E45BA4

square

#E4E05B #5BE49B #5B5FE4 #E45BA4

split-complementary

#E4E05B #5BA4E4 #9B5BE4

monochromatic

#A9A51C #DBD626 #E4E05B #EDEA90 #F5F4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E4E05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#E4E05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E05B

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E05B	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)

#F1D84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.153 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe98f',
    500: '#e4e05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e05b;
$custom-light: #efe98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.248,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88512,
    "c": 0.15288,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E05B

secondary

#393CAB

accent

#17D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E05B

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

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