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#E4E145 — Yellow

#E4E145 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color GreenYellow (#ADFF2F). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: greenyellow (#ADFF2F) — not an exact match. CSS greenyellow gives you #ADFF2F, a different color; use #E4E145 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#E4E145 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #4446E4; it also sits naturally between #E49144 and #97E444. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E4E145 · RGB 228, 225, 69

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Color values

HEX#E4E145
RGB228, 225, 69
HSL59°, 75%, 58%
HSV59°, 70%, 89%
CMYK0%, 1%, 70%, 11%
XYZ59.99, 70.77, 16.13
Yxy70.77, 0.4084, 0.4818
CIE-Lab87.38, -16.68, 72.41
Hunter Lab84.13, -15.68, 44.59

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 88% · Blue 27%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 70% · Key 11%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #E4E145 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E4E145 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E4E145

.text { color: #E4E145; }
.background { background-color: #E4E145; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E4E145; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 225, 69); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 75%, 58%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E4E145; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 225, 69, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E4E145; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 225, 69, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E4E145">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E4E145">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E4E145

#E1DE2D#D2CF1E#BBB91B#A19E17#8A8814#747211#59580D#43420A#282806#121203

Tints of #E4E145

#E7E455#E9E767#EBE975#EEEC87#F0EF98#F3F2AA#F5F4BC#F7F7C9#FAF9DB#FCFCED

Tones of #E4E145

#D8D64F#CECC5A#C2C066#B6B572#AAAA7D#A09F88

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4446E4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.39:1 Fails
Against black text15.15:1 AAA

Best text color on #E4E145: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E4E145

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #E4E145: ·

How #E4E145 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #E3E36BDeuteranopia · #E3E374Tritanopia · #E4898F

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Amber 500 · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E4E145 rather than the exact color:

Silent Canyon
#E08B56 · #E5D93C · #A1E752 · #61E664
Palette 03256c
#03256C · #2541B2 · #1768AC · #E5D549
Lucky Ruby Ember
#BFA815 · #ECE24F · #2F49E8 · #9997ED
Rustic Ruby Bloom
#C96A4D · #B27D25 · #D9DA42 · #5E861F
Amber Ruby Ember
#69900E · #E3ED4B · #4E15D4 · #B7A5F0
Modern Monsoon
#1311A2 · #716BEF · #E8EA3B · #F5F0C4

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#E5D93C#E5D549#ECE24F#D9DA42#E3ED4B#E8EA3B#E1E237#E3F04A#D4E345#ECE852#E3EF4F#EFD448

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E4E144  ·  #E4E146 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E4E145?

#E4E145 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 228, 225, 69). Its closest standard named color is GreenYellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E4E145?

#E4E145 is RGB 228, 225, 69 — HSL 59°, 75%, 58% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 70%, 11%.

What colors go with #E4E145?

Its complement is #4446E4; analogous partners are #E49144 and #97E444. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E4E145 for text?

Black text on #E4E145 has a contrast ratio of 15.15:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.39:1.