#E4E16D#E4E16D

#E4E16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.138 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E16D
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 52.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.70, -14.11, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.70, 58.06, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.91% -0.0418 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(88.91% 0.138 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.6821, 71.4502, 25.0071)
Luminance	0.7145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E16D #6D70E4

analogous

#E4A56D #E4E16D #ABE46D

triadic

#E4E16D #6DE4E1 #E16DE4

tetradic

#E4E16D #6DE4A5 #6D70E4 #E46DAB

square

#E4E16D #6DE4A5 #6D70E4 #E46DAB

split-complementary

#E4E16D #6DABE4 #A56DE4

monochromatic

#B5B121 #DAD639 #E4E16D #EEECA1 #F7F6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#E4E16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E16D

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E16D	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)

#F1D962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.138 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea9a',
    500: '#e4e16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e16d;
$custom-light: #efea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.487,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8891,
    "c": 0.13844,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E16D

secondary

#4043B6

accent

#1AD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E16D

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

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