#E4E560#E4E560

#E4E560 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.154 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E560
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.63, -17.05, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.63, 65.38, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.61% -0.0515 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(89.61% 0.154 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.1273, 73.3787, 21.9549)
Luminance	0.7338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E560 #6160E5

analogous

#E5A360 #E4E560 #A1E560

triadic

#E4E560 #60E4E5 #E560E4

tetradic

#E4E560 #60E5A3 #6160E5 #E560A1

square

#E4E560 #60E5A3 #6160E5 #E560A1

split-complementary

#E4E560 #60A1E5 #A360E5

monochromatic

#ADAE1C #DBDC2B #E4E560 #EDEE95 #F6F6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#E4E560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E560

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E560	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.154 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed92',
    500: '#e4e560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e560;
$custom-light: #efed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.451,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89607,
    "c": 0.15395,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E560

secondary

#3B3AAF

accent

#12D413

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E560

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

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