#E4E255#E4E255

#E4E255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.159 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E255
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.75, -16.30, 66.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.75, 68.69, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(88.88% -0.0505 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(88.88% 0.159 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.8329, 71.5444, 19.1975)
Luminance	0.7154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E255 #5557E4

analogous

#E49B55 #E4E255 #9FE455

triadic

#E4E255 #55E4E2 #E255E4

tetradic

#E4E255 #55E49B #5557E4 #E4559F

square

#E4E255 #55E49B #5557E4 #E4559F

split-complementary

#E4E255 #559FE4 #9B55E4

monochromatic

#A4A31A #D9D723 #E4E255 #ECEB8A #F5F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#E4E255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E255

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E255	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.159 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8b',
    500: '#e4e255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e255;
$custom-light: #f0ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.161,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88877,
    "c": 0.15946,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E255

secondary

#3638A7

accent

#14D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E255

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

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