#E4E857#E4E857

#E4E857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.164 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E857
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.34, -19.11, 67.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.34, 70.26, 105.78°)
OKLab	oklab(90.16% -0.0582 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(90.16% 0.164 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.5737, 74.8969, 20.1753)
Luminance	0.7490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E857 #5B57E8

analogous

#E8A357 #E4E857 #9CE857

triadic

#E4E857 #57E4E8 #E857E4

tetradic

#E4E857 #57E8A3 #5B57E8 #E8579C

square

#E4E857 #57E8A3 #5B57E8 #E8579C

split-complementary

#E4E857 #579CE8 #A357E8

monochromatic

#A9AD18 #DBE121 #E4E857 #EDEF8D #F5F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#E4E857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E857

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E857	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)

#F9DE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.164 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8d',
    500: '#e4e857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e857;
$custom-light: #f0ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.655,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90156,
    "c": 0.16408,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E857

secondary

#3935AE

accent

#0DD813

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E857

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

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