#E4E16B#E4E16B

#E4E16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.140 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E16B
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 107)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 53.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.68, -14.27, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.68, 58.96, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.89% -0.0424 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(88.89% 0.14 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.5756, 71.4076, 24.4465)
Luminance	0.7141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E16B #6B6EE4

analogous

#E4A46B #E4E16B #ABE46B

triadic

#E4E16B #6BE4E1 #E16BE4

tetradic

#E4E16B #6BE4A4 #6B6EE4 #E46BAB

square

#E4E16B #6BE4A4 #6B6EE4 #E46BAB

split-complementary

#E4E16B #6BABE4 #A46BE4

monochromatic

#B4B021 #DBD737 #E4E16B #EDEB9F #F7F6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#E4E16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E16B

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E16B	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)

#F1D95F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.140 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea99',
    500: '#e4e16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e16b;
$custom-light: #efea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 69.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88887,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E16B

secondary

#3F42B4

accent

#19D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E16B

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

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