#E4E266#E4E266

#E4E266 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.146 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E266
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 55.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.90, -15.15, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.90, 61.58, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.04% -0.0455 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(89.04% 0.146 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.5913, 71.8477, 23.1913)
Luminance	0.7185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E266 #6668E4

analogous

#E4A366 #E4E266 #A7E466

triadic

#E4E266 #66E4E2 #E266E4

tetradic

#E4E266 #66E4A3 #6668E4 #E466A7

square

#E4E266 #66E4A3 #6668E4 #E466A7

split-complementary

#E4E266 #66A7E4 #A366E4

monochromatic

#B0AE1F #DBD832 #E4E266 #EDEC9A #F6F6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#E4E266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E266

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E266	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.146 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea96',
    500: '#e4e266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e266;
$custom-light: #efea96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89041,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E266

secondary

#3D3FB1

accent

#17D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E266

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

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