#E4E25B#E4E25B

#E4E25B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.155 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E25B
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.80, -15.92, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.80, 66.26, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.0488 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.155 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.0815, 71.6438, 20.5066)
Luminance	0.7164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E25B #5B5DE4

analogous

#E49D5B #E4E25B #A2E45B

triadic

#E4E25B #5BE4E2 #E25BE4

tetradic

#E4E25B #5BE49D #5B5DE4 #E45BA2

square

#E4E25B #5BE49D #5B5DE4 #E45BA2

split-complementary

#E4E25B #5BA2E4 #9D5BE4

monochromatic

#A9A71C #DBD926 #E4E25B #EDEB90 #F5F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E25B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#E4E25B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E25B

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E25B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E25B	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)

#F3D94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e25b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.155 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea8f',
    500: '#e4e25b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e25b;
$custom-light: #efea8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e25b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88931,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E25B

secondary

#393AAB

accent

#15D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E25B

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

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