#E4E265#E4E265

#E4E265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.147 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E265
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, -15.22, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 62.02, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0458 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.147 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.5420, 71.8280, 22.9317)
Luminance	0.7183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E265 #6567E4

analogous

#E4A365 #E4E265 #A7E465

triadic

#E4E265 #65E4E2 #E265E4

tetradic

#E4E265 #65E4A3 #6567E4 #E465A7

square

#E4E265 #65E4A3 #6567E4 #E465A7

split-complementary

#E4E265 #65A7E4 #A365E4

monochromatic

#B0AD1F #DBD831 #E4E265 #EDEC99 #F6F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#E4E265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E265

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E265	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.147 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea95',
    500: '#e4e265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e265;
$custom-light: #efea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8903,
    "c": 0.14663,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E265

secondary

#3C3EB1

accent

#16D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E265

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

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