#E4E457#E4E457

#E4E457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.160 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E457
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.29, -17.16, 66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.29, 68.67, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.31% -0.0527 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(89.31% 0.16 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.4605, 72.6706, 19.8043)
Luminance	0.7267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E457 #5757E4

analogous

#E49E57 #E4E457 #9EE457

triadic

#E4E457 #57E4E4 #E457E4

tetradic

#E4E457 #57E49E #5757E4 #E4579E

square

#E4E457 #57E49E #5757E4 #E4579E

split-complementary

#E4E457 #579EE4 #9E57E4

monochromatic

#A6A61B #DBDB23 #E4E457 #ECEC8C #F5F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#E4E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E457

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E457	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)

#F5DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.160 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec8d',
    500: '#e4e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e457;
$custom-light: #f0ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89314,
    "c": 0.15998,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E457

secondary

#3737A8

accent

#11D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E457

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

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