#E4E659#E4E659

#E4E659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.161 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E659
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.83, -18.01, 66.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.83, 68.66, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0549 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.161 110)
XYZ	xyz(62.0968, 73.8105, 20.4250)
Luminance	0.7381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E659 #5B59E6

analogous

#E6A159 #E4E659 #9EE659

triadic

#E4E659 #59E4E6 #E659E4

tetradic

#E4E659 #59E6A1 #5B59E6 #E6599E

square

#E4E659 #59E6A1 #5B59E6 #E6599E

split-complementary

#E4E659 #599EE6 #A159E6

monochromatic

#A9AB1A #DBDE24 #E4E659 #EDEE8E #F5F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E4E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E659

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E659	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.161 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed8e',
    500: '#e4e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e659;
$custom-light: #f0ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.851,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89752,
    "c": 0.16051,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.73809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E659

secondary

#3937AC

accent

#10D612

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E659

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

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