#E4E174#E4E174

#E4E174 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.132 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E174
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 116)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 49.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.78, -13.52, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.78, 54.86, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89% -0.0394 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(89% 0.132 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.0740, 71.6070, 27.0713)
Luminance	0.7160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E174 #7477E4

analogous

#E4A974 #E4E174 #AFE474

triadic

#E4E174 #74E4E1 #E174E4

tetradic

#E4E174 #74E4A9 #7477E4 #E474AF

square

#E4E174 #74E4A9 #7477E4 #E474AF

split-complementary

#E4E174 #74AFE4 #A974E4

monochromatic

#BAB624 #DAD641 #E4E174 #EEECA7 #F8F7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#E4E174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E174

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E174	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)

#F0DA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DE79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.132 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeea9e',
    500: '#e4e174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e174;
$custom-light: #eeea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.393,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88995,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E174

secondary

#4346BA

accent

#1BCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E174

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

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