#E4E856#E4E856

#E4E856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.165 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E856
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.34, -19.17, 68.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.34, 70.65, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(90.15% -0.0585 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(90.15% 0.165 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.5331, 74.8807, 19.9616)
Luminance	0.7488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E856 #5A56E8

analogous

#E8A356 #E4E856 #9BE856

triadic

#E4E856 #56E4E8 #E856E4

tetradic

#E4E856 #56E8A3 #5A56E8 #E8569B

square

#E4E856 #56E8A3 #5A56E8 #E8569B

split-complementary

#E4E856 #569BE8 #A356E8

monochromatic

#A8AC17 #DBE120 #E4E856 #EDEF8C #F5F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#E4E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E856

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E856	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.165 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8c',
    500: '#e4e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e856;
$custom-light: #f0ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.644,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90147,
    "c": 0.16481,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E856

secondary

#3835AD

accent

#0DD813

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E856

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

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