#E4E451#E4E451

#E4E451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.164 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E451
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -17.52, 68.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 71.02, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(89.26% -0.0543 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(89.26% 0.164 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.2255, 72.5766, 18.5665)
Luminance	0.7258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E451 #5151E4

analogous

#E49A51 #E4E451 #9AE451

triadic

#E4E451 #51E4E4 #E451E4

tetradic

#E4E451 #51E49A #5151E4 #E4519A

square

#E4E451 #51E49A #5151E4 #E4519A

split-complementary

#E4E451 #519AE4 #9A51E4

monochromatic

#A2A219 #D7D721 #E4E451 #ECEC86 #F4F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E4E451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E451

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E451	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.164 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec89',
    500: '#e4e451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e451;
$custom-light: #f0ec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89264,
    "c": 0.16434,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E451

secondary

#3535A4

accent

#10D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E451

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

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