#E4E170#E4E170

#E4E170 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.136 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E170
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 112)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 50.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.74, -13.86, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.74, 56.70, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% -0.0408 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.136 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.8463, 71.5159, 25.8722)
Luminance	0.7151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E170 #7073E4

analogous

#E4A770 #E4E170 #ADE470

triadic

#E4E170 #70E4E1 #E170E4

tetradic

#E4E170 #70E4A7 #7073E4 #E470AD

square

#E4E170 #70E4A7 #7073E4 #E470AD

split-complementary

#E4E170 #70ADE4 #A770E4

monochromatic

#B7B323 #DAD63D #E4E170 #EEECA3 #F7F7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#E4E170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E170

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E170	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D965

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.136 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea9c',
    500: '#e4e170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e170;
$custom-light: #efea9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 68.235,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88946,
    "c": 0.13564,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E170

secondary

#4144B7

accent

#1AD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E170

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →