#E4ED59#E4ED59

#E4ED59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.168 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4ED59
RGB	rgb(228, 237, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.68, -21.40, 68.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.68, 71.50, 107.41°)
OKLab	oklab(91.23% -0.0645 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(91.23% 0.168 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.0840, 77.7850, 21.0874)
Luminance	0.7778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4ED59 #6259ED

analogous

#EDAC59 #E4ED59 #9AED59

triadic

#E4ED59 #59E4ED #ED59E4

tetradic

#E4ED59 #59EDAC #6259ED #ED599A

square

#E4ED59 #59EDAC #6259ED #ED599A

split-complementary

#E4ED59 #599AED #AC59ED

monochromatic

#AEB814 #DBE722 #E4ED59 #EDF390 #F6F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E4ED59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#E4ED59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4ED59

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4ED59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4ED59	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ed59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 237, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.168 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f28e',
    500: '#e4ed59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ed59;
$custom-light: #f0f28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ed59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.649,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91229,
    "c": 0.16785,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4ED59

secondary

#3B33B7

accent

#09DD16

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4ED59

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

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