#E4E269#E4E269

#E4E269 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.143 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E269
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 105)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 53.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.92, -14.92, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.92, 60.26, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(89.07% -0.0445 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(89.07% 0.143 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.7427, 71.9083, 23.9891)
Luminance	0.7191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E269 #696BE4

analogous

#E4A469 #E4E269 #A9E469

triadic

#E4E269 #69E4E2 #E269E4

tetradic

#E4E269 #69E4A4 #696BE4 #E469A9

square

#E4E269 #69E4A4 #696BE4 #E469A9

split-complementary

#E4E269 #69A9E4 #A469E4

monochromatic

#B2B020 #DBD835 #E4E269 #EDEC9D #F7F6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E269 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#E4E269 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E269

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E269	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E269	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)

#F2DA5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e269;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.143 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea97',
    500: '#e4e269',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e269;
$custom-light: #efea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e269",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89073,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E269

secondary

#3E40B3

accent

#17D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E269

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

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