#E4E555#E4E555

#E4E555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.162 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E555
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.54, -17.77, 67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.54, 69.86, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(89.51% -0.0547 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(89.51% 0.162 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.6558, 73.1902, 19.4718)
Luminance	0.7319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E555 #5655E5

analogous

#E59E55 #E4E555 #9CE555

triadic

#E4E555 #55E4E5 #E555E4

tetradic

#E4E555 #55E59E #5655E5 #E5559C

square

#E4E555 #55E59E #5655E5 #E5559C

split-complementary

#E4E555 #559CE5 #9E55E5

monochromatic

#A5A619 #DADB22 #E4E555 #ECED8A #F5F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#E4E555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E555

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E555	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.162 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8b',
    500: '#e4e555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e555;
$custom-light: #f0ed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.417,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89507,
    "c": 0.16248,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E555

secondary

#3736A8

accent

#10D611

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E555

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

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