#E4E56B#E4E56B

#E4E56B 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 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E56B
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 107)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 53.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -16.24, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 60.63, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.048 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.145 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.6696, 73.5957, 24.8112)
Luminance	0.7359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E56B #6C6BE5

analogous

#E5A96B #E4E56B #A7E56B

triadic

#E4E56B #6BE4E5 #E56BE4

tetradic

#E4E56B #6BE5A9 #6C6BE5 #E56BA7

square

#E4E56B #6BE5A9 #6C6BE5 #E56BA7

split-complementary

#E4E56B #6BA7E5 #A96BE5

monochromatic

#B4B620 #DBDC37 #E4E56B #EDEE9F #F7F7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E4E56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E56B

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E56B	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.145 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed99',
    500: '#e4e56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e56b;
$custom-light: #efed99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.492,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89722,
    "c": 0.14452,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E56B

secondary

#3F3EB6

accent

#13D215

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E56B

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

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