#E4E55C#E4E55C

#E4E55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.157 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E55C
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 92)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -17.33, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 67.04, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.0527 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.157 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.9478, 73.3070, 21.0096)
Luminance	0.7330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E55C #5D5CE5

analogous

#E5A15C #E4E55C #9FE55C

triadic

#E4E55C #5CE4E5 #E55CE4

tetradic

#E4E55C #5CE5A1 #5D5CE5 #E55C9F

square

#E4E55C #5CE5A1 #5D5CE5 #E55C9F

split-complementary

#E4E55C #5C9FE5 #A15CE5

monochromatic

#AAAB1B #DBDD27 #E4E55C #EDED91 #F5F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E4E55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E55C

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E55C	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)

#F6DC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.157 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed90',
    500: '#e4e55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e55c;
$custom-light: #efed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.438,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89569,
    "c": 0.15717,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E55C

secondary

#3938AD

accent

#11D512

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E55C

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

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