#E4E273#E4E273

#E4E273 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.134 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E273
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 115)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 49.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -14.10, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 55.75, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.19% -0.0411 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(89.19% 0.134 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.2873, 72.1261, 26.8569)
Luminance	0.7212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E273 #7375E4

analogous

#E4AA73 #E4E273 #AEE473

triadic

#E4E273 #73E4E2 #E273E4

tetradic

#E4E273 #73E4AA #7375E4 #E473AE

square

#E4E273 #73E4AA #7375E4 #E473AE

split-complementary

#E4E273 #73AEE4 #AA73E4

monochromatic

#B9B624 #DAD740 #E4E273 #EEEDA6 #F8F7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E4E273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E273

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E273	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)

#F1DA69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.134 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efea9e',
    500: '#e4e273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e273;
$custom-light: #efea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.938,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89191,
    "c": 0.13385,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E273

secondary

#4244B9

accent

#19D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E273

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

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