#E4E45C#E4E45C

#E4E45C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.156 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E45C
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 92)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -16.84, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 66.64, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.0513 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.156 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.6719, 72.7552, 20.9176)
Luminance	0.7275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E45C #5C5CE4

analogous

#E4A05C #E4E45C #A0E45C

triadic

#E4E45C #5CE4E4 #E45CE4

tetradic

#E4E45C #5CE4A0 #5C5CE4 #E45CA0

square

#E4E45C #5CE4A0 #5C5CE4 #E45CA0

split-complementary

#E4E45C #5CA0E4 #A05CE4

monochromatic

#AAAA1C #DBDB27 #E4E45C #EDED91 #F5F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E4E45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E45C

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E45C	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)

#F5DB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.156 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efec90',
    500: '#e4e45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e45c;
$custom-light: #efec90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89359,
    "c": 0.15613,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E45C

secondary

#3939AB

accent

#12D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E45C

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

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