#E4E651#E4E651

#E4E651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.166 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E651
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.77, -18.49, 69.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.77, 71.79, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.68% -0.0571 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(89.68% 0.166 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.7789, 73.6834, 18.7510)
Luminance	0.7368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E651 #5351E6

analogous

#E69D51 #E4E651 #99E651

triadic

#E4E651 #51E4E6 #E651E4

tetradic

#E4E651 #51E69D #5351E6 #E65199

square

#E4E651 #51E69D #5351E6 #E65199

split-complementary

#E4E651 #5199E6 #9D51E6

monochromatic

#A3A518 #D8DA1F #E4E651 #ECEE87 #F5F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#E4E651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E651

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E651	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.166 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed89',
    500: '#e4e651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e651;
$custom-light: #f0ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.805,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89684,
    "c": 0.16634,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E651

secondary

#3634A7

accent

#0ED711

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E651

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

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