#E4E155#E4E155

#E4E155 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.158 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E155
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.49, -15.81, 66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.49, 68.31, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(88.67% -0.0491 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(88.67% 0.158 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.5618, 71.0021, 19.1072)
Luminance	0.7100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E155 #5558E4

analogous

#E49A55 #E4E155 #A0E455

triadic

#E4E155 #55E4E1 #E155E4

tetradic

#E4E155 #55E49A #5558E4 #E455A0

square

#E4E155 #55E49A #5558E4 #E455A0

split-complementary

#E4E155 #55A0E4 #9A55E4

monochromatic

#A4A21A #D9D523 #E4E155 #ECEA8A #F5F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E4E155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#E4E155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E155

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E155	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.158 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8b',
    500: '#e4e155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e155;
$custom-light: #f0ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.741,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88667,
    "c": 0.15848,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E155

secondary

#3639A7

accent

#15D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E155

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

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