#E4E179#E4E179

#E4E179 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.127 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E179
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -13.07, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 52.53, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.0376 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.127 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.3727, 71.7265, 28.6444)
Luminance	0.7173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E179 #797CE4

analogous

#E4AB79 #E4E179 #B1E479

triadic

#E4E179 #79E4E1 #E179E4

tetradic

#E4E179 #79E4AB #797CE4 #E479B1

square

#E4E179 #79E4AB #797CE4 #E479B1

split-complementary

#E4E179 #79B1E4 #AB79E4

monochromatic

#BDB826 #DAD646 #E4E179 #EEECAC #F9F8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#E4E179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E179

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E179	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.127 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeaa2',
    500: '#e4e179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e179;
$custom-light: #eeeaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.318,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8906,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E179

secondary

#4649BB

accent

#1CCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E179

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

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