#E4E160#E4E160

#E4E160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.150 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E160
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 96)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.58, -15.09, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.58, 63.77, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(88.77% -0.0459 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(88.77% 0.15 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.0333, 71.1907, 21.5902)
Luminance	0.7119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E160 #6063E4

analogous

#E49F60 #E4E160 #A5E460

triadic

#E4E160 #60E4E1 #E160E4

tetradic

#E4E160 #60E49F #6063E4 #E460A5

square

#E4E160 #60E49F #6063E4 #E460A5

split-complementary

#E4E160 #60A5E4 #9F60E4

monochromatic

#ACA91D #DBD72C #E4E160 #EDEB94 #F6F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E4E160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#E4E160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E160

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E160	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.150 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea92',
    500: '#e4e160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e160;
$custom-light: #efea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8877,
    "c": 0.14983,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E160

secondary

#3A3DAE

accent

#17D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E160

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

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