#E4E359#E4E359

#E4E359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.157 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E359
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.04, -16.54, 65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.04, 67.47, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0508 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.157 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.2691, 72.1552, 20.1491)
Luminance	0.7215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E359 #595AE4

analogous

#E49D59 #E4E359 #A0E459

triadic

#E4E359 #59E4E3 #E359E4

tetradic

#E4E359 #59E49D #595AE4 #E459A0

square

#E4E359 #59E49D #595AE4 #E459A0

split-complementary

#E4E359 #59A0E4 #9D59E4

monochromatic

#A7A61B #DBDA24 #E4E359 #EDEC8E #F5F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E4E359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E359

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E359	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.157 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb8e',
    500: '#e4e359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e359;
$custom-light: #f0eb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89122,
    "c": 0.15745,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E359

secondary

#3839A9

accent

#13D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E359

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

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