#E4E081#E4E081

#E4E081 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.118 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E081
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 129)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 43%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 43.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.67, -11.82, 46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.67, 48.30, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.0333 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.118 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.6142, 71.3918, 31.2463)
Luminance	0.7139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E081 #8185E4

analogous

#E4AF81 #E4E081 #B6E481

triadic

#E4E081 #81E4E0 #E081E4

tetradic

#E4E081 #81E4AF #8185E4 #E481B6

square

#E4E081 #81E4AF #8185E4 #E481B6

split-complementary

#E4E081 #81B6E4 #AF81E4

monochromatic

#C1BB29 #D9D44F #E4E081 #EFECB3 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E081 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#E4E081 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E081

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E081	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E081	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e081;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.118 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee9a7',
    500: '#e4e081',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e081;
$custom-light: #eee9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e081",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.576,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88963,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E081

secondary

#4D52BC

accent

#20CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E081

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

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