#E4E164#E4E164

#E4E164 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.146 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E164
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 100)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 56.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.61, -14.80, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.61, 62.05, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0447 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.146 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.2222, 71.2662, 22.5849)
Luminance	0.7127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E164 #6467E4

analogous

#E4A164 #E4E164 #A7E464

triadic

#E4E164 #64E4E1 #E164E4

tetradic

#E4E164 #64E4A1 #6467E4 #E464A7

square

#E4E164 #64E4A1 #6467E4 #E464A7

split-complementary

#E4E164 #64A7E4 #A164E4

monochromatic

#AFAC1F #DBD730 #E4E164 #EDEB98 #F6F5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E4E164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#E4E164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E164

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E164	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)

#F2D957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.146 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea94',
    500: '#e4e164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e164;
$custom-light: #efea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 70.33,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88811,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E164

secondary

#3C3FB0

accent

#18D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E164

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

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