#E4E16F#E4E16F

#E4E16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.137 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E16F
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 111)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 51.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.72, -13.94, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.72, 57.15, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.0411 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.137 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.7909, 71.4938, 25.5805)
Luminance	0.7149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E16F #6F72E4

analogous

#E4A76F #E4E16F #ADE46F

triadic

#E4E16F #6FE4E1 #E16FE4

tetradic

#E4E16F #6FE4A7 #6F72E4 #E46FAD

square

#E4E16F #6FE4A7 #6F72E4 #E46FAD

split-complementary

#E4E16F #6FADE4 #A76FE4

monochromatic

#B6B322 #DAD63B #E4E16F #EEECA3 #F7F6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#E4E16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E16F

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E16F	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D964

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.137 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea9b',
    500: '#e4e16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e16f;
$custom-light: #efea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88934,
    "c": 0.13658,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E16F

secondary

#4043B7

accent

#1AD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E16F

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

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