#E4E85A#E4E85A

#E4E85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.162 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E85A
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 90)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.37, -18.92, 66.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.37, 69.06, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% -0.0574 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.162 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.6988, 74.9469, 20.8343)
Luminance	0.7494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E85A #5E5AE8

analogous

#E8A55A #E4E85A #9DE85A

triadic

#E4E85A #5AE4E8 #E85AE4

tetradic

#E4E85A #5AE8A5 #5E5AE8 #E85A9D

square

#E4E85A #5AE8A5 #5E5AE8 #E85A9D

split-complementary

#E4E85A #5A9DE8 #A55AE8

monochromatic

#ABAF18 #DBE124 #E4E85A #EDEF90 #F6F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#E4E85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E85A

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E85A	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)

#F9DE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.162 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8f',
    500: '#e4e85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e85a;
$custom-light: #f0ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.69,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90182,
    "c": 0.16183,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E85A

secondary

#3A36B0

accent

#0ED813

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E85A

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

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