#E4E755#E4E755

#E4E755 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.165 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E755
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -18.74, 68.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 70.64, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(89.93% -0.0574 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(89.93% 0.165 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2124, 74.3033, 19.6574)
Luminance	0.7430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E755 #5855E7

analogous

#E7A155 #E4E755 #9BE755

triadic

#E4E755 #55E4E7 #E755E4

tetradic

#E4E755 #55E7A1 #5855E7 #E7559B

square

#E4E755 #55E7A1 #5855E7 #E7559B

split-complementary

#E4E755 #559BE7 #A155E7

monochromatic

#A7AA18 #DBDF20 #E4E755 #EDEF8B #F5F6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#E4E755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E755

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E755	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.165 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ee8c',
    500: '#e4e755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e755;
$custom-light: #f0ee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.233,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89928,
    "c": 0.16451,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E755

secondary

#3735AB

accent

#0ED712

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E755

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

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