#E4E759#E4E759

#E4E759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.162 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E759
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.10, -18.50, 66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.10, 69.06, 105.53°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0563 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.162 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.3758, 74.3687, 20.5180)
Luminance	0.7437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E759 #5C59E7

analogous

#E7A359 #E4E759 #9DE759

triadic

#E4E759 #59E4E7 #E759E4

tetradic

#E4E759 #59E7A3 #5C59E7 #E7599D

square

#E4E759 #59E7A3 #5C59E7 #E7599D

split-complementary

#E4E759 #599DE7 #A359E7

monochromatic

#AAAD19 #DBDF24 #E4E759 #EDEF8E #F5F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#E4E759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E759

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E759	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.162 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ee8e',
    500: '#e4e759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e759;
$custom-light: #f0ee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.268,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89962,
    "c": 0.16155,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E759

secondary

#3936AE

accent

#0FD713

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E759

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

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