#E4E85C#E4E85C
#E4E85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.160 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4E85C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 232, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 60.3%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.38, -18.79, 65.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.38, 68.25, 105.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.2% -0.0568 0.1499) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.2% 0.16 110.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.7851, 74.9814, 21.2886) |
| Luminance | 0.7498 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.18
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.20
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.35
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.50
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 4.85
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 4.91
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4E85C #605CE8
analogous
#E8A65C #E4E85C #9EE85C
triadic
#E4E85C #5CE4E8 #E85CE4
tetradic
#E4E85C #5CE8A6 #605CE8 #E85C9E
square
#E4E85C #5CE8A6 #605CE8 #E85C9E
split-complementary
#E4E85C #5C9EE8 #A65CE8
monochromatic
#ACB119 #DBE026 #E4E85C #EDF092 #F6F7C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.31
#E4E85C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.00
#E4E85C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4E85C
16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4E85C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4E85C | 1.00 | 1.31 | 16.00 | 16.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F9DE4B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE365
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3DBCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E1E1E1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4e85c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.160 110.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efef90',
500: '#e4e85c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4e85c; $custom-light: #efef90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4e85c",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 232,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.714,
"s": 75.269,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.902,
"c": 0.16029,
"h": 110.8
},
"luminance": 0.7498
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4E85C
secondary
#3A37B1
accent
#0ED714
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF4
border
#D6D6CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85857F