#E4E25A#E4E25A

#E4E25A 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 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E25A
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.79, -15.99, 64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.79, 66.67, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(88.92% -0.0491 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(88.92% 0.156 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.0386, 71.6266, 20.2809)
Luminance	0.7163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E25A #5A5CE4

analogous

#E49D5A #E4E25A #A1E45A

triadic

#E4E25A #5AE4E2 #E25AE4

tetradic

#E4E25A #5AE49D #5A5CE4 #E45AA1

square

#E4E25A #5AE49D #5A5CE4 #E45AA1

split-complementary

#E4E25A #5AA1E4 #9D5AE4

monochromatic

#A8A61C #DBD925 #E4E25A #EDEB8F #F5F4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E25A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#E4E25A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E25A

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E25A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E25A	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e25a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.156 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea8e',
    500: '#e4e25a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e25a;
$custom-light: #efea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e25a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88921,
    "c": 0.15567,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E25A

secondary

#383AAA

accent

#14D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E25A

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

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