#E4E357#E4E357

#E4E357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.159 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E357
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -16.67, 66.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 68.28, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(89.1% -0.0513 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(89.1% 0.159 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.1862, 72.1220, 19.7128)
Luminance	0.7212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E357 #5758E4

analogous

#E49C57 #E4E357 #9FE457

triadic

#E4E357 #57E4E3 #E357E4

tetradic

#E4E357 #57E49C #5758E4 #E4579F

square

#E4E357 #57E49C #5758E4 #E4579F

split-complementary

#E4E357 #579FE4 #9C57E4

monochromatic

#A6A51B #DBD923 #E4E357 #ECEC8C #F5F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E4E357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E357

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E357	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.159 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb8d',
    500: '#e4e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e357;
$custom-light: #f0eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.574,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89104,
    "c": 0.15897,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E357

secondary

#3738A8

accent

#13D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E357

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

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