#E4E455#E4E455

#E4E455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.161 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E455
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.28, -17.28, 67.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.28, 69.47, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0533 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.161 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.3800, 72.6384, 19.3799)
Luminance	0.7264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E455 #5555E4

analogous

#E49D55 #E4E455 #9DE455

triadic

#E4E455 #55E4E4 #E455E4

tetradic

#E4E455 #55E49D #5555E4 #E4559D

square

#E4E455 #55E49D #5555E4 #E4559D

split-complementary

#E4E455 #559DE4 #9D55E4

monochromatic

#A4A41A #D9D923 #E4E455 #ECEC8A #F5F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#E4E455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E455

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E455	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.161 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec8b',
    500: '#e4e455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e455;
$custom-light: #f0ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89297,
    "c": 0.16146,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E455

secondary

#3636A7

accent

#11D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E455

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

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