#E4E274#E4E274

#E4E274 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.133 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E274
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 116)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 49.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.04, -14.02, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.04, 55.28, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(89.2% -0.0408 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(89.2% 0.133 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.3451, 72.1492, 27.1616)
Luminance	0.7215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E274 #7476E4

analogous

#E4AA74 #E4E274 #AEE474

triadic

#E4E274 #74E4E2 #E274E4

tetradic

#E4E274 #74E4AA #7476E4 #E474AE

square

#E4E274 #74E4AA #7476E4 #E474AE

split-complementary

#E4E274 #74AEE4 #AA74E4

monochromatic

#BAB724 #DAD741 #E4E274 #EEEDA7 #F8F7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E4E274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E274

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E274	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.133 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeea9f',
    500: '#e4e274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e274;
$custom-light: #eeea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89203,
    "c": 0.13289,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E274

secondary

#4345BA

accent

#19CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E274

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

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