#E4E178#E4E178

#E4E178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.128 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E178
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 47.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.83, -13.16, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.83, 53.00, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(89.05% -0.038 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(89.05% 0.128 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.3117, 71.7021, 28.3231)
Luminance	0.7170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E178 #787BE4

analogous

#E4AB78 #E4E178 #B1E478

triadic

#E4E178 #78E4E1 #E178E4

tetradic

#E4E178 #78E4AB #787BE4 #E478B1

square

#E4E178 #78E4AB #787BE4 #E478B1

split-complementary

#E4E178 #78B1E4 #AB78E4

monochromatic

#BCB826 #DAD645 #E4E178 #EEECAB #F8F8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#E4E178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E178

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E178	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)

#F0DA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.128 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeaa1',
    500: '#e4e178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e178;
$custom-light: #eeeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89046,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E178

secondary

#4548BB

accent

#1CCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E178

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

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