#E4E159#E4E159

#E4E159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.155 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E159
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.52, -15.56, 64.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.52, 66.69, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(88.7% -0.048 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(88.7% 0.155 108)
XYZ	xyz(60.7252, 71.0675, 19.9679)
Luminance	0.7107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E159 #595CE4

analogous

#E49C59 #E4E159 #A2E459

triadic

#E4E159 #59E4E1 #E159E4

tetradic

#E4E159 #59E49C #595CE4 #E459A2

square

#E4E159 #59E49C #595CE4 #E459A2

split-complementary

#E4E159 #59A2E4 #9C59E4

monochromatic

#A7A41B #DBD724 #E4E159 #EDEB8E #F5F4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E4E159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#E4E159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E159

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E159	1.00	1.38	15.21	15.21
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.155 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8e',
    500: '#e4e159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e159;
$custom-light: #f0ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88703,
    "c": 0.15545,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.71066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E159

secondary

#383AA9

accent

#16D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E159

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

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