#E4E259#E4E259

#E4E259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.156 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E259
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.78, -16.05, 65.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.78, 67.08, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(88.91% -0.0494 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(88.91% 0.156 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.9964, 71.6097, 20.0582)
Luminance	0.7161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E259 #595BE4

analogous

#E49D59 #E4E259 #A0E459

triadic

#E4E259 #59E4E2 #E259E4

tetradic

#E4E259 #59E49D #595BE4 #E459A0

square

#E4E259 #59E49D #595BE4 #E459A0

split-complementary

#E4E259 #59A0E4 #9D59E4

monochromatic

#A7A51B #DBD924 #E4E259 #EDEB8E #F5F4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#E4E259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E259

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E259	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)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.156 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea8e',
    500: '#e4e259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e259;
$custom-light: #f0ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88912,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E259

secondary

#3839A9

accent

#14D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E259

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

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