#E4E55E#E4E55E

#E4E55E 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 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E55E
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.61, -17.19, 63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.61, 66.21, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.0521 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.156 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.0364, 73.3424, 21.4761)
Luminance	0.7334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E55E #5F5EE5

analogous

#E5A25E #E4E55E #A1E55E

triadic

#E4E55E #5EE4E5 #E55EE4

tetradic

#E4E55E #5EE5A2 #5F5EE5 #E55EA1

square

#E4E55E #5EE5A2 #5F5EE5 #E55EA1

split-complementary

#E4E55E #5EA1E5 #A25EE5

monochromatic

#ACAD1C #DBDC29 #E4E55E #EDEE93 #F6F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#E4E55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E55E

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E55E	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.156 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed91',
    500: '#e4e55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e55e;
$custom-light: #efed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.444,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89588,
    "c": 0.15557,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E55E

secondary

#3A39AE

accent

#11D413

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E55E

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

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