#E4E260#E4E260

#E4E260 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.151 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E260
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 96)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -15.58, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 64.17, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(88.98% -0.0473 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(88.98% 0.151 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.3044, 71.7329, 21.6806)
Luminance	0.7173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E260 #6062E4

analogous

#E4A060 #E4E260 #A4E460

triadic

#E4E260 #60E4E2 #E260E4

tetradic

#E4E260 #60E4A0 #6062E4 #E460A4

square

#E4E260 #60E4A0 #6062E4 #E460A4

split-complementary

#E4E260 #60A4E4 #A060E4

monochromatic

#ACAA1D #DBD82C #E4E260 #EDEC94 #F6F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#E4E260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E260

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E260	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)

#F3DA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.151 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea92',
    500: '#e4e260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e260;
$custom-light: #efea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88979,
    "c": 0.15086,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E260

secondary

#3A3CAE

accent

#15D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E260

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

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