#E4E45B#E4E45B

#E4E45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.157 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E45B
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.32, -16.90, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.32, 67.05, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% -0.0516 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.157 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.6285, 72.7378, 20.6889)
Luminance	0.7274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E45B #5B5BE4

analogous

#E49F5B #E4E45B #9FE45B

triadic

#E4E45B #5BE4E4 #E45BE4

tetradic

#E4E45B #5BE49F #5B5BE4 #E45B9F

square

#E4E45B #5BE49F #5B5BE4 #E45B9F

split-complementary

#E4E45B #5B9FE4 #9F5BE4

monochromatic

#A9A91C #DBDB26 #E4E45B #EDED90 #F5F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E4E45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E45B

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E45B	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.157 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efec8f',
    500: '#e4e45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e45b;
$custom-light: #efec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8935,
    "c": 0.15692,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E45B

secondary

#3939AB

accent

#12D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E45B

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

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