#E4E268#E4E268

#E4E268 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.144 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E268
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 104)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 54.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.91, -15.00, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.91, 60.70, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.0448 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.144 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.6916, 71.8878, 23.7200)
Luminance	0.7189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E268 #686AE4

analogous

#E4A468 #E4E268 #A8E468

triadic

#E4E268 #68E4E2 #E268E4

tetradic

#E4E268 #68E4A4 #686AE4 #E468A8

square

#E4E268 #68E4A4 #686AE4 #E468A8

split-complementary

#E4E268 #68A8E4 #A468E4

monochromatic

#B2AF20 #DBD834 #E4E268 #EDEC9C #F7F6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E268 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#E4E268 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E268

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E268	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E268	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e268;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.144 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea97',
    500: '#e4e268',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e268;
$custom-light: #efea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e268",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89062,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E268

secondary

#3E3FB3

accent

#17D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E268

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

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