#E4E168#E4E168

#E4E168 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.143 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E168
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 104)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 54.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.65, -14.50, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.65, 60.29, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(88.85% -0.0434 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(88.85% 0.143 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.4205, 71.3456, 23.6296)
Luminance	0.7134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E168 #686BE4

analogous

#E4A368 #E4E168 #A9E468

triadic

#E4E168 #68E4E1 #E168E4

tetradic

#E4E168 #68E4A3 #686BE4 #E468A9

square

#E4E168 #68E4A3 #686BE4 #E468A9

split-complementary

#E4E168 #68A9E4 #A368E4

monochromatic

#B2AE20 #DBD734 #E4E168 #EDEB9C #F7F6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E4E168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#E4E168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E168

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E168	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.143 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea97',
    500: '#e4e168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e168;
$custom-light: #efea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88854,
    "c": 0.14296,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E168

secondary

#3E40B3

accent

#18D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E168

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

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