#E4E351#E4E351

#E4E351 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.163 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E351
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.98, -17.03, 68.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.98, 70.64, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.05% -0.053 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(89.05% 0.163 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.9512, 72.0280, 18.4751)
Luminance	0.7203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E351 #5152E4

analogous

#E49951 #E4E351 #9BE451

triadic

#E4E351 #51E4E3 #E351E4

tetradic

#E4E351 #51E499 #5152E4 #E4519B

square

#E4E351 #51E499 #5152E4 #E4519B

split-complementary

#E4E351 #519BE4 #9951E4

monochromatic

#A2A119 #D7D521 #E4E351 #ECEC86 #F4F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#E4E351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E351

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E351	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.163 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb89',
    500: '#e4e351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e351;
$custom-light: #f0eb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.592,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89053,
    "c": 0.16335,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E351

secondary

#3536A4

accent

#12D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E351

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

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