#E4E957#E4E957

#E4E957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.165 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E957
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.61, -19.59, 67.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.61, 70.66, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(90.37% -0.0596 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(90.37% 0.165 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.8560, 75.4614, 20.2694)
Luminance	0.7546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E957 #5C57E9

analogous

#E9A557 #E4E957 #9BE957

triadic

#E4E957 #57E4E9 #E957E4

tetradic

#E4E957 #57E9A5 #5C57E9 #E9579B

square

#E4E957 #57E9A5 #5C57E9 #E9579B

split-complementary

#E4E957 #579BE9 #A557E9

monochromatic

#AAAF17 #DBE221 #E4E957 #EDF08D #F5F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#E4E957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E957

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E957	1.00	1.30	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.30	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)

#FADF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.165 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8d',
    500: '#e4e957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e957;
$custom-light: #f0ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.055,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90367,
    "c": 0.16511,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E957

secondary

#3935AF

accent

#0CD913

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E957

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

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