#E4E169#E4E169

#E4E169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.142 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E169
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 53.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.66, -14.42, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.66, 59.85, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(88.87% -0.0431 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(88.87% 0.142 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.4716, 71.3660, 23.8987)
Luminance	0.7136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E169 #696CE4

analogous

#E4A469 #E4E169 #A9E469

triadic

#E4E169 #69E4E1 #E169E4

tetradic

#E4E169 #69E4A4 #696CE4 #E469A9

square

#E4E169 #69E4A4 #696CE4 #E469A9

split-complementary

#E4E169 #69A9E4 #A469E4

monochromatic

#B2AF20 #DBD735 #E4E169 #EDEB9D #F7F6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#E4E169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E169

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E169	1.00	1.37	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.37	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)

#F1D95D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.142 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea97',
    500: '#e4e169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e169;
$custom-light: #efea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88865,
    "c": 0.14207,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E169

secondary

#3E41B3

accent

#19D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E169

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

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