#E4E165#E4E165

#E4E165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.146 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E165
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.62, -14.73, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.62, 61.61, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.82% -0.0444 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(88.82% 0.146 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.2708, 71.2857, 22.8414)
Luminance	0.7128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E165 #6568E4

analogous

#E4A265 #E4E165 #A7E465

triadic

#E4E165 #65E4E1 #E165E4

tetradic

#E4E165 #65E4A2 #6568E4 #E465A7

square

#E4E165 #65E4A2 #6568E4 #E465A7

split-complementary

#E4E165 #65A7E4 #A265E4

monochromatic

#B0AC1F #DBD731 #E4E165 #EDEB99 #F6F5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E4E165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#E4E165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E165

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E165	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.146 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea95',
    500: '#e4e165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e165;
$custom-light: #efea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88821,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E165

secondary

#3C3FB1

accent

#18D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E165

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

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