#E4E173#E4E173

#E4E173 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.133 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E173
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 115)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 49.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.77, -13.61, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.77, 55.32, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(88.98% -0.0397 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(88.98% 0.133 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.0161, 71.5838, 26.7666)
Luminance	0.7158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E173 #7376E4

analogous

#E4A973 #E4E173 #AFE473

triadic

#E4E173 #73E4E1 #E173E4

tetradic

#E4E173 #73E4A9 #7376E4 #E473AF

square

#E4E173 #73E4A9 #7376E4 #E473AF

split-complementary

#E4E173 #73AFE4 #A973E4

monochromatic

#B9B524 #DAD640 #E4E173 #EEECA6 #F8F7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#E4E173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E173

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E173	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.133 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea9e',
    500: '#e4e173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e173;
$custom-light: #efea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.407,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88983,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E173

secondary

#4245B9

accent

#1BD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E173

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

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