#E4E751#E4E751

#E4E751 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.167 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E751
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -18.98, 69.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 72.18, 105.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.9% -0.0585 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(89.9% 0.167 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.0580, 74.2415, 18.8440)
Luminance	0.7424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E751 #5451E7

analogous

#E79F51 #E4E751 #99E751

triadic

#E4E751 #51E4E7 #E751E4

tetradic

#E4E751 #51E79F #5451E7 #E75199

square

#E4E751 #51E79F #5451E7 #E75199

split-complementary

#E4E751 #5199E7 #9F51E7

monochromatic

#A4A717 #D9DC1E #E4E751 #ECEE87 #F5F6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#E4E751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E751

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E751	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.167 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ee89',
    500: '#e4e751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e751;
$custom-light: #f0ee89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89895,
    "c": 0.16734,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E751

secondary

#3634A8

accent

#0ED812

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E751

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

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