#E4E655#E4E655

#E4E655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.163 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E655
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -18.26, 67.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 70.25, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.056 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.163 110)
XYZ	xyz(61.9333, 73.7451, 19.5643)
Luminance	0.7374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E655 #5755E6

analogous

#E6A055 #E4E655 #9BE655

triadic

#E4E655 #55E4E6 #E655E4

tetradic

#E4E655 #55E6A0 #5755E6 #E6559B

square

#E4E655 #55E6A0 #5755E6 #E6559B

split-complementary

#E4E655 #559BE6 #A055E6

monochromatic

#A6A819 #DBDD21 #E4E655 #ECEE8A #F5F6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#E4E655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E655

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E655	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.163 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8c',
    500: '#e4e655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e655;
$custom-light: #f0ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.828,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89717,
    "c": 0.16349,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.73743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E655

secondary

#3736AA

accent

#0FD612

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E655

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

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