#E4E171#E4E171

#E4E171 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.135 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E171
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 113)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 50.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.75, -13.78, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.75, 56.24, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.0404 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.135 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.9023, 71.5383, 26.1670)
Luminance	0.7154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E171 #7174E4

analogous

#E4A871 #E4E171 #AEE471

triadic

#E4E171 #71E4E1 #E171E4

tetradic

#E4E171 #71E4A8 #7174E4 #E471AE

square

#E4E171 #71E4A8 #7174E4 #E471AE

split-complementary

#E4E171 #71AEE4 #A871E4

monochromatic

#B8B423 #DAD63E #E4E171 #EEECA4 #F8F7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#E4E171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E171

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E171	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D967

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.135 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea9d',
    500: '#e4e171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e171;
$custom-light: #efea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.435,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88958,
    "c": 0.13469,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E171

secondary

#4144B8

accent

#1AD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E171

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

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