#E4E177#E4E177

#E4E177 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.129 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E177
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 119)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 47.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -13.25, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 53.47, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0383 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.129 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.2513, 71.6779, 28.0052)
Luminance	0.7168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E177 #777AE4

analogous

#E4AB77 #E4E177 #B0E477

triadic

#E4E177 #77E4E1 #E177E4

tetradic

#E4E177 #77E4AB #777AE4 #E477B0

square

#E4E177 #77E4AB #777AE4 #E477B0

split-complementary

#E4E177 #77B0E4 #AB77E4

monochromatic

#BBB725 #DAD644 #E4E177 #EEECAA #F8F8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#E4E177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E177

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E177	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.129 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeaa0',
    500: '#e4e177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e177;
$custom-light: #eeeaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.349,
    "s": 66.871,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89033,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E177

secondary

#4447BB

accent

#1CCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E177

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

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