#E4E079#E4E079

#E4E079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.126 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E079
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.58, -12.58, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.58, 52.10, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.85% -0.0362 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(88.85% 0.126 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.1032, 71.1874, 28.5546)
Luminance	0.7119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E079 #797DE4

analogous

#E4AA79 #E4E079 #B2E479

triadic

#E4E079 #79E4E0 #E079E4

tetradic

#E4E079 #79E4AA #797DE4 #E479B2

square

#E4E079 #79E4AA #797DE4 #E479B2

split-complementary

#E4E079 #79B2E4 #AA79E4

monochromatic

#BDB726 #DAD446 #E4E079 #EEECAC #F9F8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E4E079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#E4E079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E079

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E079	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.126 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee9a2',
    500: '#e4e079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e079;
$custom-light: #eee9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.757,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88852,
    "c": 0.1258,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E079

secondary

#464ABB

accent

#1ECE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E079

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

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