#E4E271#E4E271

#E4E271 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.136 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E271
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 113)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 50.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -14.27, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 56.66, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% -0.0418 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.136 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.1734, 72.0806, 26.2574)
Luminance	0.7208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E271 #7173E4

analogous

#E4A971 #E4E271 #ACE471

triadic

#E4E271 #71E4E2 #E271E4

tetradic

#E4E271 #71E4A9 #7173E4 #E471AC

square

#E4E271 #71E4A9 #7173E4 #E471AC

split-complementary

#E4E271 #71ACE4 #A971E4

monochromatic

#B8B523 #DAD73E #E4E271 #EEEDA4 #F8F7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E4E271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E271

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E271	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.136 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea9d',
    500: '#e4e271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e271;
$custom-light: #efea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89166,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E271

secondary

#4143B8

accent

#19D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E271

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

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