#E4E955#E4E955

#E4E955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.167 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E955
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.59, -19.71, 68.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.59, 71.44, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.0601 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.167 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.7754, 75.4292, 19.8450)
Luminance	0.7543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E955 #5A55E9

analogous

#E9A455 #E4E955 #9AE955

triadic

#E4E955 #55E4E9 #E955E4

tetradic

#E4E955 #55E9A4 #5A55E9 #E9559A

square

#E4E955 #55E9A4 #5A55E9 #E9559A

split-complementary

#E4E955 #559AE9 #A455E9

monochromatic

#A8AD16 #DBE21F #E4E955 #EDF08B #F5F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#E4E955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E955

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E955	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.167 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8c',
    500: '#e4e955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e955;
$custom-light: #f0ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.027,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9035,
    "c": 0.16657,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E955

secondary

#3834AE

accent

#0CD913

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E955

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

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