#E4E17B#E4E17B

#E4E17B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.125 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E17B
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 123)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 46.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.86, -12.89, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.86, 51.59, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.09% -0.0369 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(89.09% 0.125 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.4966, 71.7760, 29.2970)
Luminance	0.7177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E17B #7B7EE4

analogous

#E4AD7B #E4E17B #B3E47B

triadic

#E4E17B #7BE4E1 #E17BE4

tetradic

#E4E17B #7BE4AD #7B7EE4 #E47BB3

square

#E4E17B #7BE4AD #7B7EE4 #E47BB3

split-complementary

#E4E17B #7BB3E4 #AD7BE4

monochromatic

#BEB927 #DAD548 #E4E17B #EEEDAE #F9F8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E17B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#E4E17B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E17B

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E17B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E17B	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)

#F0DA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e17b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.125 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeaa3',
    500: '#e4e17b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e17b;
$custom-light: #eeeaa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e17b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89086,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E17B

secondary

#484BBC

accent

#1DCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E17B

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

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