#E4EC59#E4EC59

#E4EC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.167 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4EC59
RGB	rgb(228, 236, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.42, -20.92, 67.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.42, 71.09, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(91.02% -0.0631 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(91.02% 0.167 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.7953, 77.2076, 20.9912)
Luminance	0.7721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4EC59 #6159EC

analogous

#ECAA59 #E4EC59 #9AEC59

triadic

#E4EC59 #59E4EC #EC59E4

tetradic

#E4EC59 #59ECAA #6159EC #EC599A

square

#E4EC59 #59ECAA #6159EC #EC599A

split-complementary

#E4EC59 #599AEC #AA59EC

monochromatic

#ADB615 #DBE622 #E4EC59 #EDF290 #F6F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4EC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#E4EC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4EC59

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4EC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4EC59	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ec59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 236, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.167 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f28e',
    500: '#e4ec59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ec59;
$custom-light: #f0f28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ec59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.265,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91018,
    "c": 0.16679,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4EC59

secondary

#3B34B5

accent

#0ADC15

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4EC59

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

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