#E4E261#E4E261

#E4E261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.150 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E261
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.85, -15.51, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.85, 63.74, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(88.99% -0.047 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(88.99% 0.15 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.3507, 71.7515, 21.9246)
Luminance	0.7175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E261 #6163E4

analogous

#E4A061 #E4E261 #A4E461

triadic

#E4E261 #61E4E2 #E261E4

tetradic

#E4E261 #61E4A0 #6163E4 #E461A4

square

#E4E261 #61E4A0 #6163E4 #E461A4

split-complementary

#E4E261 #61A4E4 #A061E4

monochromatic

#ADAB1E #DBD82D #E4E261 #EDEC95 #F6F5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#E4E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E261

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E261	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)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.150 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea92',
    500: '#e4e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e261;
$custom-light: #efea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88989,
    "c": 0.15002,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E261

secondary

#3B3DAE

accent

#16D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E261

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

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