#E4E240#E4E240

#E4E240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.173 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E240
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 71.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.61, -17.40, 74.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.61, 76.36, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(88.72% -0.0556 0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(88.72% 0.173 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.1189, 71.2588, 15.4370)
Luminance	0.7126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E240 #4042E4

analogous

#E49040 #E4E240 #94E440

triadic

#E4E240 #40E4E2 #E240E4

tetradic

#E4E240 #40E490 #4042E4 #E44094

square

#E4E240 #40E490 #4042E4 #E44094

split-complementary

#E4E240 #4094E4 #9040E4

monochromatic

#959315 #CAC81D #E4E240 #ECEA76 #F3F2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E4E240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#E4E240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E240

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E240	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.173 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ea80',
    500: '#e4e240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e240;
$custom-light: #f0ea80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.268,
    "s": 75.229,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88722,
    "c": 0.17314,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E240

secondary

#2F3199

accent

#38F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E240

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

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