#E4E551#E4E551

#E4E551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.165 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E551
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.51, -18.00, 69.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.51, 71.41, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.47% -0.0557 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(89.47% 0.165 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.5014, 73.1284, 18.6585)
Luminance	0.7313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E551 #5251E5

analogous

#E59C51 #E4E551 #9AE551

triadic

#E4E551 #51E4E5 #E551E4

tetradic

#E4E551 #51E59C #5251E5 #E5519A

square

#E4E551 #51E59C #5251E5 #E5519A

split-complementary

#E4E551 #519AE5 #9C51E5

monochromatic

#A2A318 #D7D820 #E4E551 #ECED86 #F5F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E4E551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E551

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E551	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.165 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed89',
    500: '#e4e551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e551;
$custom-light: #f0ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.405,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89474,
    "c": 0.16534,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E551

secondary

#3535A6

accent

#0FD611

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E551

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

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