#E4E55B#E4E55B

#E4E55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.158 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E55B
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -17.39, 65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 67.45, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(89.56% -0.053 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(89.56% 0.158 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.9044, 73.2896, 20.7809)
Luminance	0.7329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E55B #5C5BE5

analogous

#E5A15B #E4E55B #9FE55B

triadic

#E4E55B #5BE4E5 #E55BE4

tetradic

#E4E55B #5BE5A1 #5C5BE5 #E55B9F

square

#E4E55B #5BE5A1 #5C5BE5 #E55B9F

split-complementary

#E4E55B #5B9FE5 #A15BE5

monochromatic

#AAAB1B #DBDD26 #E4E55B #EDED90 #F5F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E4E55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E55B

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E55B	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.158 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed8f',
    500: '#e4e55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e55b;
$custom-light: #efed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.435,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8956,
    "c": 0.15795,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E55B

secondary

#3938AC

accent

#11D512

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E55B

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

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