#E4E85E#E4E85E

#E4E85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.159 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E85E
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 94)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.40, -18.66, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.40, 67.44, 106.06°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.0562 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.159 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.8736, 75.0169, 21.7552)
Luminance	0.7501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E85E #625EE8

analogous

#E8A75E #E4E85E #9FE85E

triadic

#E4E85E #5EE4E8 #E85EE4

tetradic

#E4E85E #5EE8A7 #625EE8 #E85E9F

square

#E4E85E #5EE8A7 #625EE8 #E85E9F

split-complementary

#E4E85E #5E9FE8 #A75EE8

monochromatic

#AEB219 #DBE028 #E4E85E #EDF094 #F6F7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#E4E85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E85E

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E85E	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)

#F9DF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.159 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef91',
    500: '#e4e85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e85e;
$custom-light: #efef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.739,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90219,
    "c": 0.15872,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E85E

secondary

#3B38B3

accent

#0ED714

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E85E

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

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