#E4E272#E4E272

#E4E272 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.135 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E272
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.02, -14.19, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.02, 56.20, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.18% -0.0415 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(89.18% 0.135 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.2300, 72.1032, 26.5555)
Luminance	0.7210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E272 #7274E4

analogous

#E4A972 #E4E272 #ADE472

triadic

#E4E272 #72E4E2 #E272E4

tetradic

#E4E272 #72E4A9 #7274E4 #E472AD

square

#E4E272 #72E4A9 #7274E4 #E472AD

split-complementary

#E4E272 #72ADE4 #A972E4

monochromatic

#B8B623 #DAD73F #E4E272 #EEEDA5 #F8F7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E4E272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E272

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E272	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)

#F2DA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.135 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea9d',
    500: '#e4e272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e272;
$custom-light: #efea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89178,
    "c": 0.1348,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E272

secondary

#4244B9

accent

#19D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E272

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

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