#E4E859#E4E859

#E4E859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.163 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E859
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.36, -18.98, 66.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.36, 69.46, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(90.17% -0.0577 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(90.17% 0.163 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.6565, 74.9300, 20.6116)
Luminance	0.7493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E859 #5D59E8

analogous

#E8A459 #E4E859 #9DE859

triadic

#E4E859 #59E4E8 #E859E4

tetradic

#E4E859 #59E8A4 #5D59E8 #E8599D

square

#E4E859 #59E8A4 #5D59E8 #E8599D

split-complementary

#E4E859 #599DE8 #A459E8

monochromatic

#AAAE18 #DBE123 #E4E859 #EDEF8F #F5F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#E4E859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E859

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E859	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.163 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8e',
    500: '#e4e859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e859;
$custom-light: #f0ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.678,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90173,
    "c": 0.16258,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E859

secondary

#3936AF

accent

#0ED813

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E859

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

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