#E4E04A#E4E04A

#E4E04A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.165 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E04A
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 74)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 67.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.14, -15.94, 70.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.14, 72.15, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(88.37% -0.0506 0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(88.37% 0.165 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.8888, 70.3016, 16.8921)
Luminance	0.7030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E04A #4A4EE4

analogous

#E4934A #E4E04A #9BE44A

triadic

#E4E04A #4AE4E0 #E04AE4

tetradic

#E4E04A #4AE493 #4A4EE4 #E44A9B

square

#E4E04A #4AE493 #4A4EE4 #E44A9B

split-complementary

#E4E04A #4A9BE4 #934AE4

monochromatic

#9C9917 #D2CD1F #E4E04A #ECE97F #F4F2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E4E04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#E4E04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E04A

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E04A	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)

#F2D733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.165 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e985',
    500: '#e4e04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e04a;
$custom-light: #f0e985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.442,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8837,
    "c": 0.16518,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E04A

secondary

#3335A0

accent

#3CF137

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E04A

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

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