#E4E965#E4E965

#E4E965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.154 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E965
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 101)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.73, -18.65, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.73, 64.92, 106.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.5% -0.0555 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(90.5% 0.154 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.4844, 75.7128, 23.5792)
Luminance	0.7571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E965 #6A65E9

analogous

#E9AC65 #E4E965 #A2E965

triadic

#E4E965 #65E4E9 #E965E4

tetradic

#E4E965 #65E9AC #6A65E9 #E965A2

square

#E4E965 #65E9AC #6A65E9 #E965A2

split-complementary

#E4E965 #65A2E9 #AC65E9

monochromatic

#B3B91A #DBE12F #E4E965 #EDF19B #F7F8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#E4E965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E965

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E965	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.154 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef95',
    500: '#e4e965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e965;
$custom-light: #efef95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.273,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90498,
    "c": 0.15405,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E965

secondary

#3E3AB9

accent

#0ED716

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E965

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

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