#E4E257#E4E257

#E4E257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.158 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E257
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.76, -16.18, 65.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.76, 67.89, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(88.89% -0.05 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(88.89% 0.158 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.9135, 71.5766, 19.6219)
Luminance	0.7157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E257 #5759E4

analogous

#E49C57 #E4E257 #A0E457

triadic

#E4E257 #57E4E2 #E257E4

tetradic

#E4E257 #57E49C #5759E4 #E457A0

square

#E4E257 #57E49C #5759E4 #E457A0

split-complementary

#E4E257 #57A0E4 #9C57E4

monochromatic

#A6A41B #DBD823 #E4E257 #ECEB8C #F5F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#E4E257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E257

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E257	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.158 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8c',
    500: '#e4e257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e257;
$custom-light: #f0ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88894,
    "c": 0.15797,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E257

secondary

#3739A8

accent

#14D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E257

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

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