#E4E56D#E4E56D

#E4E56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.143 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E56D
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 109)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(61, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 52.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -16.08, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 59.74, 105.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0474 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.143 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.7761, 73.6383, 25.3717)
Luminance	0.7364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E56D #6E6DE5

analogous

#E5AA6D #E4E56D #A8E56D

triadic

#E4E56D #6DE4E5 #E56DE4

tetradic

#E4E56D #6DE5AA #6E6DE5 #E56DA8

square

#E4E56D #6DE5AA #6E6DE5 #E56DA8

split-complementary

#E4E56D #6DA8E5 #AA6DE5

monochromatic

#B6B721 #DADC39 #E4E56D #EEEEA1 #F7F8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#E4E56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E56D

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E56D	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.143 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed9a',
    500: '#e4e56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e56d;
$custom-light: #efed9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.5,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89745,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E56D

secondary

#403FB7

accent

#14D215

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E56D

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

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