#E4E650#E4E650

#E4E650 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.167 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E650
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 80)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 65.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.77, -18.55, 69.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.77, 72.17, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(89.68% -0.0573 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(89.68% 0.167 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.7417, 73.6685, 18.5549)
Luminance	0.7367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E650 #5250E6

analogous

#E69D50 #E4E650 #99E650

triadic

#E4E650 #50E4E6 #E650E4

tetradic

#E4E650 #50E69D #5250E6 #E65099

square

#E4E650 #50E69D #5250E6 #E65099

split-complementary

#E4E650 #5099E6 #9D50E6

monochromatic

#A2A417 #D7DA1F #E4E650 #ECEE86 #F5F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#E4E650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E650

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E650	1.00	1.33	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.33	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)

#F8DC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.167 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed89',
    500: '#e4e650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e650;
$custom-light: #f0ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.8,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89677,
    "c": 0.16702,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E650

secondary

#3534A6

accent

#0ED711

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E650

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

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