#E4E559#E4E559

#E4E559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.159 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E559
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.57, -17.52, 65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.57, 68.26, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.0535 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.159 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.8193, 73.2555, 20.3325)
Luminance	0.7325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E559 #5A59E5

analogous

#E5A059 #E4E559 #9EE559

triadic

#E4E559 #59E4E5 #E559E4

tetradic

#E4E559 #59E5A0 #5A59E5 #E5599E

square

#E4E559 #59E5A0 #5A59E5 #E5599E

split-complementary

#E4E559 #599EE5 #A059E5

monochromatic

#A8A91A #DBDD24 #E4E559 #EDED8E #F5F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#E4E559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E559

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E559	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)

#F6DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.159 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8e',
    500: '#e4e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e559;
$custom-light: #f0ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89542,
    "c": 0.15949,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E559

secondary

#3837AB

accent

#10D512

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E559

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

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