#E4E851#E4E851

#E4E851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.168 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E851
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.30, -19.46, 69.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.30, 72.57, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.11% -0.0598 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(90.11% 0.168 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.3387, 74.8029, 18.9376)
Luminance	0.7480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E851 #5551E8

analogous

#E8A151 #E4E851 #99E851

triadic

#E4E851 #51E4E8 #E851E4

tetradic

#E4E851 #51E8A1 #5551E8 #E85199

square

#E4E851 #51E8A1 #5551E8 #E85199

split-complementary

#E4E851 #5199E8 #A151E8

monochromatic

#A4A816 #D9DE1D #E4E851 #ECEF87 #F5F6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#E4E851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E851

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E851	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.168 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef89',
    500: '#e4e851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e851;
$custom-light: #f0ef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.589,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90106,
    "c": 0.16837,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E851

secondary

#3633AA

accent

#0DD912

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E851

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

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