#E4E552#E4E552

#E4E552 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	#E4E552
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.52, -17.95, 68.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.52, 71.02, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(89.48% -0.0555 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(89.48% 0.165 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.5392, 73.1435, 18.8574)
Luminance	0.7314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E552 #5352E5

analogous

#E59C52 #E4E552 #9AE552

triadic

#E4E552 #52E4E5 #E552E4

tetradic

#E4E552 #52E59C #5352E5 #E5529A

square

#E4E552 #52E59C #5352E5 #E5529A

split-complementary

#E4E552 #529AE5 #9C52E5

monochromatic

#A3A419 #D8D921 #E4E552 #ECED87 #F5F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E4E552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E552

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E552	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)

#F6DC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.165 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8a',
    500: '#e4e552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e552;
$custom-light: #f0ed8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.408,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89482,
    "c": 0.16463,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E552

secondary

#3635A6

accent

#10D611

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E552

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

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