#E4E558#E4E558

#E4E558 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.160 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E558
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 88)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 61.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -17.58, 66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 68.67, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(89.53% -0.0538 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(89.53% 0.16 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.7776, 73.2389, 20.1129)
Luminance	0.7324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E558 #5958E5

analogous

#E5A058 #E4E558 #9DE558

triadic

#E4E558 #58E4E5 #E558E4

tetradic

#E4E558 #58E5A0 #5958E5 #E5589D

square

#E4E558 #58E5A0 #5958E5 #E5589D

split-complementary

#E4E558 #589DE5 #A058E5

monochromatic

#A7A81A #DBDD23 #E4E558 #EDED8D #F5F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#E4E558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E558

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E558	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.160 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8d',
    500: '#e4e558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e558;
$custom-light: #f0ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.426,
    "s": 73.057,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89533,
    "c": 0.16024,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E558

secondary

#3837AA

accent

#10D512

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E558

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

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