#E4E865#E4E865

#E4E865 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.153 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E865
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 101)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 56.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.46, -18.16, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.46, 64.50, 106.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90.29% -0.0541 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(90.29% 0.153 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.2021, 75.1483, 23.4851)
Luminance	0.7515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E865 #6965E8

analogous

#E8AA65 #E4E865 #A2E865

triadic

#E4E865 #65E4E8 #E865E4

tetradic

#E4E865 #65E8AA #6965E8 #E865A2

square

#E4E865 #65E8AA #6965E8 #E865A2

split-complementary

#E4E865 #65A2E8 #AA65E8

monochromatic

#B2B71B #DBE030 #E4E865 #EDF09A #F7F8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E865 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#E4E865 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E865

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E865	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E865	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E36D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e865;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.153 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef95',
    500: '#e4e865',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e865;
$custom-light: #efef95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e865",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.832,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90287,
    "c": 0.15297,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E865

secondary

#3E3AB7

accent

#0FD615

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E865

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

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