#E4E459#E4E459

#E4E459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.158 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E459
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.31, -17.03, 65.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.31, 67.87, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0522 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.158 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.5434, 72.7038, 20.2406)
Luminance	0.7270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E459 #5959E4

analogous

#E49F59 #E4E459 #9FE459

triadic

#E4E459 #59E4E4 #E459E4

tetradic

#E4E459 #59E49F #5959E4 #E4599F

square

#E4E459 #59E49F #5959E4 #E4599F

split-complementary

#E4E459 #599FE4 #9F59E4

monochromatic

#A7A71B #DBDB24 #E4E459 #EDED8E #F5F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#E4E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E459

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E459	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.158 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec8e',
    500: '#e4e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e459;
$custom-light: #f0ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89332,
    "c": 0.15846,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E459

secondary

#3838A9

accent

#11D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E459

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

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