#E4E14A#E4E14A

#E4E14A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.166 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E14A
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 67.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.41, -16.43, 70.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.41, 72.52, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(88.58% -0.052 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(88.58% 0.166 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.1583, 70.8407, 16.9819)
Luminance	0.7084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E14A #4A4DE4

analogous

#E4944A #E4E14A #9AE44A

triadic

#E4E14A #4AE4E1 #E14AE4

tetradic

#E4E14A #4AE494 #4A4DE4 #E44A9A

square

#E4E14A #4AE494 #4A4DE4 #E44A9A

split-complementary

#E4E14A #4A9AE4 #944AE4

monochromatic

#9C9A17 #D2CE1F #E4E14A #ECEA7F #F4F3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E4E14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#E4E14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E14A

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E14A	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.166 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea85',
    500: '#e4e14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e14a;
$custom-light: #f0ea85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.831,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8858,
    "c": 0.16613,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E14A

secondary

#3335A0

accent

#3BF137

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E14A

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

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