#E4E565#E4E565

#E4E565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.150 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E565
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.67, -16.70, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.67, 63.25, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.05 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.15 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.3649, 73.4738, 23.2060)
Luminance	0.7347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E565 #6665E5

analogous

#E5A665 #E4E565 #A4E565

triadic

#E4E565 #65E4E5 #E565E4

tetradic

#E4E565 #65E5A6 #6665E5 #E565A4

square

#E4E565 #65E5A6 #6665E5 #E565A4

split-complementary

#E4E565 #65A4E5 #A665E5

monochromatic

#B0B21E #DBDC31 #E4E565 #EDEE99 #F6F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#E4E565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E565

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E565	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)

#F5DC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.150 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed95',
    500: '#e4e565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e565;
$custom-light: #efed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.469,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89658,
    "c": 0.14977,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E565

secondary

#3D3CB2

accent

#12D314

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E565

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

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