#E4E15A#E4E15A

#E4E15A 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 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E15A
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.53, -15.49, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.53, 66.28, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(88.71% -0.0477 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(88.71% 0.155 108)
XYZ	xyz(60.7675, 71.0844, 20.1905)
Luminance	0.7108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E15A #5A5DE4

analogous

#E49C5A #E4E15A #A2E45A

triadic

#E4E15A #5AE4E1 #E15AE4

tetradic

#E4E15A #5AE49C #5A5DE4 #E45AA2

square

#E4E15A #5AE49C #5A5DE4 #E45AA2

split-complementary

#E4E15A #5AA2E4 #9C5AE4

monochromatic

#A8A51C #DBD725 #E4E15A #EDEB8F #F5F4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E4E15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#E4E15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E15A

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E15A	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.155 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea8e',
    500: '#e4e15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e15a;
$custom-light: #efea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88712,
    "c": 0.15466,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.71083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E15A

secondary

#383BAA

accent

#16D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E15A

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

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