#E4E149#E4E149

#E4E149 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.167 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E149
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, -16.48, 70.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 72.88, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(88.57% -0.0522 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(88.57% 0.167 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.1249, 70.8273, 16.8059)
Luminance	0.7083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E149 #494CE4

analogous

#E49449 #E4E149 #9AE449

triadic

#E4E149 #49E4E1 #E149E4

tetradic

#E4E149 #49E494 #494CE4 #E4499A

square

#E4E149 #49E494 #494CE4 #E4499A

split-complementary

#E4E149 #499AE4 #9449E4

monochromatic

#9C9917 #D1CD1F #E4E149 #ECEA7E #F4F3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E4E149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#E4E149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E149

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E149	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.167 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea84',
    500: '#e4e149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e149;
$custom-light: #f0ea84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.839,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88572,
    "c": 0.16678,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E149

secondary

#32349F

accent

#3BF137

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E149

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

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