#E4E17C#E4E17C

#E4E17C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.124 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E17C
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 124)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 45.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -12.80, 49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 51.12, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(89.1% -0.0365 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(89.1% 0.124 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.5595, 71.8012, 29.6284)
Luminance	0.7180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E17C #7C7FE4

analogous

#E4AD7C #E4E17C #B3E47C

triadic

#E4E17C #7CE4E1 #E17CE4

tetradic

#E4E17C #7CE4AD #7C7FE4 #E47CB3

square

#E4E17C #7CE4AD #7C7FE4 #E47CB3

split-complementary

#E4E17C #7CB3E4 #AD7CE4

monochromatic

#BEBA27 #DAD549 #E4E17C #EEEDAF #F9F8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#E4E17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E17C

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E17C	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.124 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeaa4',
    500: '#e4e17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e17c;
$custom-light: #eeeaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.269,
    "s": 65.823,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.891,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E17C

secondary

#494CBC

accent

#1DCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E17C

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

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