#E4E060#E4E060

#E4E060 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.149 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E060
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 96)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.32, -14.60, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.32, 63.37, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.56% -0.0445 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(88.56% 0.149 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.7637, 70.6516, 21.5004)
Luminance	0.7065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E060 #6064E4

analogous

#E49E60 #E4E060 #A6E460

triadic

#E4E060 #60E4E0 #E060E4

tetradic

#E4E060 #60E49E #6064E4 #E460A6

square

#E4E060 #60E49E #6064E4 #E460A6

split-complementary

#E4E060 #60A6E4 #9E60E4

monochromatic

#ACA81D #DBD62C #E4E060 #EDEA94 #F6F4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E4E060 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#E4E060 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E060

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E060	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E060	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e060;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.149 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe992',
    500: '#e4e060',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e060;
$custom-light: #efe992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e060",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88561,
    "c": 0.14882,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E060

secondary

#3A3EAE

accent

#18D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E060

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

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