#E4EE5A#E4EE5A
#E4EE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.168 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4EE5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 238, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 81%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 62.2%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.95, -21.82, 68.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(90.95, 71.52, 107.76°) |
| OKLab | oklab(91.45% -0.0655 0.1549) |
| OKLCH | oklch(91.45% 0.168 112.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(64.4166, 78.3826, 21.4069) |
| Luminance | 0.7838 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.73
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.04
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 4.30
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 4.46
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 4.50
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 4.61
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4EE5A #645AEE
analogous
#EEAE5A #E4EE5A #9AEE5A
triadic
#E4EE5A #5AE4EE #EE5AE4
tetradic
#E4EE5A #5AEEAE #645AEE #EE5A9A
square
#E4EE5A #5AEEAE #645AEE #EE5A9A
split-complementary
#E4EE5A #5A9AEE #AE5AEE
monochromatic
#AFBA13 #DBE823 #E4EE5A #EDF491 #F6F9C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.26
#E4EE5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.68
#E4EE5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4EE5A
16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4EE5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4EE5A | 1.00 | 1.26 | 16.68 | 16.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFE347
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFE764
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2E1CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E5E5E5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4ee5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 238, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.168 112.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0f38f',
500: '#e4ee5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4ee5a; $custom-light: #f0f38f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4ee5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 238,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.054,
"s": 81.319,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.9145,
"c": 0.16817,
"h": 112.9
},
"luminance": 0.78381
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4EE5A
secondary
#3C33B9
accent
#08DE16
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FEFEF4
border
#D6D6CE
text
#17170D
muted
#85857F