#E4E16A#E4E16A

#E4E16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.141 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E16A
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 106)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 53.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.67, -14.35, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.67, 59.41, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.88% -0.0428 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(88.88% 0.141 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.5233, 71.3867, 24.1710)
Luminance	0.7138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E16A #6A6DE4

analogous

#E4A46A #E4E16A #AAE46A

triadic

#E4E16A #6AE4E1 #E16AE4

tetradic

#E4E16A #6AE4A4 #6A6DE4 #E46AAA

square

#E4E16A #6AE4A4 #6A6DE4 #E46AAA

split-complementary

#E4E16A #6AAAE4 #A46AE4

monochromatic

#B3B020 #DBD736 #E4E16A #EDEB9E #F7F6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#E4E16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E16A

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E16A	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D95E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.141 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea98',
    500: '#e4e16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e16a;
$custom-light: #efea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.525,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88876,
    "c": 0.14117,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E16A

secondary

#3E41B4

accent

#19D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E16A

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

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