#E4E16E#E4E16E

#E4E16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.138 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E16E
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 110)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 51.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.71, -14.03, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.71, 57.61, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(88.92% -0.0414 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(88.92% 0.138 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.7362, 71.4719, 25.2922)
Luminance	0.7147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E16E #6E71E4

analogous

#E4A66E #E4E16E #ACE46E

triadic

#E4E16E #6EE4E1 #E16EE4

tetradic

#E4E16E #6EE4A6 #6E71E4 #E46EAC

square

#E4E16E #6EE4A6 #6E71E4 #E46EAC

split-complementary

#E4E16E #6EACE4 #A66EE4

monochromatic

#B6B222 #DAD63A #E4E16E #EEECA2 #F7F6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#E4E16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E16E

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E16E	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)

#F1D963

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.138 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea9b',
    500: '#e4e16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e16e;
$custom-light: #efea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.475,
    "s": 68.605,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88922,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E16E

secondary

#4043B6

accent

#1AD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E16E

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

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