#E4E55A#E4E55A

#E4E55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.159 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E55A
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.58, -17.46, 65.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.58, 67.86, 104.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.55% -0.0533 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(89.55% 0.159 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.8615, 73.2724, 20.5552)
Luminance	0.7327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E55A #5B5AE5

analogous

#E5A15A #E4E55A #9EE55A

triadic

#E4E55A #5AE4E5 #E55AE4

tetradic

#E4E55A #5AE5A1 #5B5AE5 #E55A9E

square

#E4E55A #5AE5A1 #5B5AE5 #E55A9E

split-complementary

#E4E55A #5A9EE5 #A15AE5

monochromatic

#A9AA1B #DBDD25 #E4E55A #EDED8F #F5F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#E4E55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E55A

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E55A	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)

#F6DC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.159 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed8e',
    500: '#e4e55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e55a;
$custom-light: #efed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89551,
    "c": 0.15872,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E55A

secondary

#3938AB

accent

#11D512

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E55A

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

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