#E4EC5A#E4EC5A

#E4EC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.166 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4EC5A
RGB	rgb(228, 236, 90)
HSL	hsl(63, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.42, -20.85, 67.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.42, 70.69, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(91.03% -0.0628 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(91.03% 0.166 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.8376, 77.2245, 21.2139)
Luminance	0.7722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4EC5A #625AEC

analogous

#ECAB5A #E4EC5A #9BEC5A

triadic

#E4EC5A #5AE4EC #EC5AE4

tetradic

#E4EC5A #5AECAB #625AEC #EC5A9B

square

#E4EC5A #5AECAB #625AEC #EC5A9B

split-complementary

#E4EC5A #5A9BEC #AB5AEC

monochromatic

#AEB715 #DBE623 #E4EC5A #EDF291 #F6F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4EC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#E4EC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4EC5A

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4EC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4EC5A	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)

#FDE248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ec5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 236, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.166 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f28f',
    500: '#e4ec5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ec5a;
$custom-light: #f0f28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ec5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.288,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91026,
    "c": 0.16604,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4EC5A

secondary

#3B34B6

accent

#0ADC15

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4EC5A

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

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