#E4E17A#E4E17A

#E4E17A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.126 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E17A
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 122)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 46.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.85, -12.98, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.85, 52.06, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.07% -0.0373 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(89.07% 0.126 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.4343, 71.7511, 28.9690)
Luminance	0.7175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E17A #7A7DE4

analogous

#E4AC7A #E4E17A #B2E47A

triadic

#E4E17A #7AE4E1 #E17AE4

tetradic

#E4E17A #7AE4AC #7A7DE4 #E47AB2

square

#E4E17A #7AE4AC #7A7DE4 #E47AB2

split-complementary

#E4E17A #7AB2E4 #AC7AE4

monochromatic

#BDB926 #DAD647 #E4E17A #EEECAD #F9F8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#E4E17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E17A

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E17A	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)

#F0DA71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.126 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeaa2',
    500: '#e4e17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e17a;
$custom-light: #eeeaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.302,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89073,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E17A

secondary

#474ABB

accent

#1DCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E17A

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

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