#E4E262#E4E262

#E4E262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.149 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E262
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.86, -15.44, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.86, 63.31, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89% -0.0467 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(89% 0.149 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.3977, 71.7702, 22.1717)
Luminance	0.7177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E262 #6264E4

analogous

#E4A162 #E4E262 #A5E462

triadic

#E4E262 #62E4E2 #E262E4

tetradic

#E4E262 #62E4A1 #6264E4 #E462A5

square

#E4E262 #62E4A1 #6264E4 #E462A5

split-complementary

#E4E262 #62A5E4 #A162E4

monochromatic

#AEAC1E #DBD82E #E4E262 #EDEC96 #F6F5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#E4E262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E262

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E262	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)

#F3DA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.149 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea93',
    500: '#e4e262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e262;
$custom-light: #efea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88999,
    "c": 0.14918,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E262

secondary

#3B3DAF

accent

#16D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E262

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

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