#E4E172#E4E172

#E4E172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.134 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E172
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.76, -13.69, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.76, 55.78, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(88.97% -0.0401 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(88.97% 0.134 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.9589, 71.5609, 26.4651)
Luminance	0.7156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E172 #7275E4

analogous

#E4A872 #E4E172 #AEE472

triadic

#E4E172 #72E4E1 #E172E4

tetradic

#E4E172 #72E4A8 #7275E4 #E472AE

square

#E4E172 #72E4A8 #7275E4 #E472AE

split-complementary

#E4E172 #72AEE4 #A872E4

monochromatic

#B8B423 #DAD63F #E4E172 #EEECA5 #F8F7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#E4E172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E172

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E172	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)

#F1DA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.134 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea9d',
    500: '#e4e172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e172;
$custom-light: #efea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8897,
    "c": 0.13373,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E172

secondary

#4245B9

accent

#1BD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E172

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

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