#E4E264#E4E264

#E4E264 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.147 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E264
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 100)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 56.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -15.30, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 62.45, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(89.02% -0.0461 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(89.02% 0.147 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.4933, 71.8085, 22.6753)
Luminance	0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E264 #6466E4

analogous

#E4A264 #E4E264 #A6E464

triadic

#E4E264 #64E4E2 #E264E4

tetradic

#E4E264 #64E4A2 #6466E4 #E464A6

square

#E4E264 #64E4A2 #6466E4 #E464A6

split-complementary

#E4E264 #64A6E4 #A264E4

monochromatic

#AFAD1F #DBD830 #E4E264 #EDEC98 #F6F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E264 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#E4E264 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E264

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E264	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E264	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)

#F3DA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e264;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.147 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea94',
    500: '#e4e264',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e264;
$custom-light: #efea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e264",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 70.33,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89019,
    "c": 0.14749,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E264

secondary

#3C3EB0

accent

#16D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E264

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

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