#E4E85B#E4E85B

#E4E85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.161 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E85B
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 91)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.38, -18.85, 66.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.38, 68.66, 105.94°)
OKLab	oklab(90.19% -0.0571 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(90.19% 0.161 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.7416, 74.9641, 21.0599)
Luminance	0.7496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E85B #5F5BE8

analogous

#E8A55B #E4E85B #9DE85B

triadic

#E4E85B #5BE4E8 #E85BE4

tetradic

#E4E85B #5BE8A5 #5F5BE8 #E85B9D

square

#E4E85B #5BE8A5 #5F5BE8 #E85B9D

split-complementary

#E4E85B #5B9DE8 #A55BE8

monochromatic

#ACB019 #DBE025 #E4E85B #EDF091 #F6F7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#E4E85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E85B

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E85B	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)

#F9DE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.161 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef8f',
    500: '#e4e85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e85b;
$custom-light: #efef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.702,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90191,
    "c": 0.16106,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E85B

secondary

#3A37B1

accent

#0ED814

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E85B

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

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