#E4E16C#E4E16C

#E4E16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.139 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E16C
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 52.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.69, -14.19, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.69, 58.51, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(88.9% -0.0421 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(88.9% 0.139 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.6285, 71.4288, 24.7252)
Luminance	0.7143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E16C #6C6FE4

analogous

#E4A56C #E4E16C #ABE46C

triadic

#E4E16C #6CE4E1 #E16CE4

tetradic

#E4E16C #6CE4A5 #6C6FE4 #E46CAB

square

#E4E16C #6CE4A5 #6C6FE4 #E46CAB

split-complementary

#E4E16C #6CABE4 #A56CE4

monochromatic

#B4B121 #DBD638 #E4E16C #EDECA0 #F7F6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#E4E16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E16C

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E16C	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.139 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea99',
    500: '#e4e16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e16c;
$custom-light: #efea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88899,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E16C

secondary

#3F42B5

accent

#19D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E16C

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

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