#E4E55D#E4E55D

#E4E55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.156 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E55D
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.60, -17.26, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.60, 66.63, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0524 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.156 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.9918, 73.3246, 21.2413)
Luminance	0.7332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E55D #5E5DE5

analogous

#E5A25D #E4E55D #A0E55D

triadic

#E4E55D #5DE4E5 #E55DE4

tetradic

#E4E55D #5DE5A2 #5E5DE5 #E55DA0

square

#E4E55D #5DE5A2 #5E5DE5 #E55DA0

split-complementary

#E4E55D #5DA0E5 #A25DE5

monochromatic

#ABAC1C #DBDD28 #E4E55D #EDED92 #F6F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E4E55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E55D

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E55D	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)

#F6DC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.156 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed90',
    500: '#e4e55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e55d;
$custom-light: #efed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.441,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89578,
    "c": 0.15637,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E55D

secondary

#3A39AD

accent

#11D413

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E55D

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

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