#E4E04D#E4E04D

#E4E04D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.163 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E04D
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 77)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 66.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.16, -15.78, 69.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.16, 71.03, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.39% -0.0499 0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(88.39% 0.163 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.9922, 70.3430, 17.4371)
Luminance	0.7034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E04D #4D51E4

analogous

#E4954D #E4E04D #9CE44D

triadic

#E4E04D #4DE4E0 #E04DE4

tetradic

#E4E04D #4DE495 #4D51E4 #E44D9C

square

#E4E04D #4DE495 #4D51E4 #E44D9C

split-complementary

#E4E04D #4D9CE4 #954DE4

monochromatic

#9F9B18 #D4CF20 #E4E04D #ECE982 #F4F3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E4E04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#E4E04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E04D

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E04D	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.163 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e987',
    500: '#e4e04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e04d;
$custom-light: #f0e987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.411,
    "s": 73.659,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88392,
    "c": 0.16318,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E04D

secondary

#3437A2

accent

#3CF037

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E04D

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

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