#E4E56A#E4E56A

#E4E56A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.145 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E56A
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 106)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 53.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -16.32, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 61.07, 105.50°)
OKLab	oklab(89.71% -0.0484 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(89.71% 0.145 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.6173, 73.5748, 24.5357)
Luminance	0.7357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E56A #6B6AE5

analogous

#E5A86A #E4E56A #A6E56A

triadic

#E4E56A #6AE4E5 #E56AE4

tetradic

#E4E56A #6AE5A8 #6B6AE5 #E56AA6

square

#E4E56A #6AE5A8 #6B6AE5 #E56AA6

split-complementary

#E4E56A #6AA6E5 #A86AE5

monochromatic

#B4B520 #DBDC36 #E4E56A #EDEE9E #F7F7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#E4E56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E56A

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E56A	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.145 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed98',
    500: '#e4e56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e56a;
$custom-light: #efed98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.488,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89711,
    "c": 0.14541,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E56A

secondary

#3F3EB5

accent

#13D215

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E56A

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

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