#E4E959#E4E959

#E4E959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.164 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E959
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.62, -19.47, 67.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.62, 69.87, 106.18°)
OKLab	oklab(90.38% -0.059 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(90.38% 0.164 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.9388, 75.4946, 20.7057)
Luminance	0.7549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E959 #5E59E9

analogous

#E9A659 #E4E959 #9CE959

triadic

#E4E959 #59E4E9 #E959E4

tetradic

#E4E959 #59E9A6 #5E59E9 #E9599C

square

#E4E959 #59E9A6 #5E59E9 #E9599C

split-complementary

#E4E959 #599CE9 #A659E9

monochromatic

#ABB017 #DBE223 #E4E959 #EDF08F #F6F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#E4E959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E959

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E959	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.164 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef8e',
    500: '#e4e959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e959;
$custom-light: #f0ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.083,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90384,
    "c": 0.16362,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E959

secondary

#3A35B1

accent

#0DD914

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E959

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

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