#E4E35B#E4E35B

#E4E35B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.156 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E35B
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -16.41, 64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 66.65, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0502 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.156 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.3542, 72.1892, 20.5975)
Luminance	0.7219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E35B #5B5CE4

analogous

#E49E5B #E4E35B #A1E45B

triadic

#E4E35B #5BE4E3 #E35BE4

tetradic

#E4E35B #5BE49E #5B5CE4 #E45BA1

square

#E4E35B #5BE49E #5B5CE4 #E45BA1

split-complementary

#E4E35B #5BA1E4 #9E5BE4

monochromatic

#A9A81C #DBDA26 #E4E35B #EDEC90 #F5F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#E4E35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E35B

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E35B	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.156 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeb8f',
    500: '#e4e35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e35b;
$custom-light: #efeb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8914,
    "c": 0.1559,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E35B

secondary

#3939AB

accent

#13D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E35B

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

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