#E4E163#E4E163

#E4E163 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.147 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E163
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 99)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 56.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.60, -14.88, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.60, 62.48, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(88.8% -0.045 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(88.8% 0.147 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.1740, 71.2470, 22.3316)
Luminance	0.7125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E163 #6366E4

analogous

#E4A163 #E4E163 #A7E463

triadic

#E4E163 #63E4E1 #E163E4

tetradic

#E4E163 #63E4A1 #6366E4 #E463A7

square

#E4E163 #63E4A1 #6366E4 #E463A7

split-complementary

#E4E163 #63A7E4 #A163E4

monochromatic

#AEAB1E #DBD72F #E4E163 #EDEB97 #F6F5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E4E163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#E4E163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E163

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E163	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.147 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea94',
    500: '#e4e163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e163;
$custom-light: #efea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.888,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E163

secondary

#3C3EB0

accent

#17D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E163

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

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