#E4E564#E4E564

#E4E564 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.151 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E564
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 100)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 56.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.66, -16.77, 61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.66, 63.68, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.65% -0.0503 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(89.65% 0.151 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.3162, 73.4543, 22.9496)
Luminance	0.7345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E564 #6564E5

analogous

#E5A664 #E4E564 #A4E564

triadic

#E4E564 #64E4E5 #E564E4

tetradic

#E4E564 #64E5A6 #6564E5 #E564A4

square

#E4E564 #64E5A6 #6564E5 #E564A4

split-complementary

#E4E564 #64A4E5 #A664E5

monochromatic

#B0B11E #DBDC30 #E4E564 #EDEE98 #F6F7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E564 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#E4E564 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E564

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E564	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E564	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e564;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.151 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed94',
    500: '#e4e564',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e564;
$custom-light: #efed94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e564",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.465,
    "s": 71.271,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89647,
    "c": 0.15063,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E564

secondary

#3C3BB2

accent

#12D314

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E564

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

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