#E4E049#E4E049

#E4E049 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.166 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E049
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.14, -15.99, 70.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.14, 72.52, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(88.36% -0.0508 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(88.36% 0.166 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.8553, 70.2883, 16.7161)
Luminance	0.7029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E049 #494DE4

analogous

#E49349 #E4E049 #9AE449

triadic

#E4E049 #49E4E0 #E049E4

tetradic

#E4E049 #49E493 #494DE4 #E4499A

square

#E4E049 #49E493 #494DE4 #E4499A

split-complementary

#E4E049 #499AE4 #9349E4

monochromatic

#9C9817 #D1CC1F #E4E049 #ECE97E #F4F2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E4E049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#E4E049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E049

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E049	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.166 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e984',
    500: '#e4e049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e049;
$custom-light: #f0e984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.452,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88362,
    "c": 0.16583,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E049

secondary

#32359F

accent

#3CF137

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E049

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

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