#E4E277#E4E277

#E4E277 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.130 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E277
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 119)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 47.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -13.75, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 53.89, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0397 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.13 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.5224, 72.2202, 28.0955)
Luminance	0.7222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E277 #7779E4

analogous

#E4AB77 #E4E277 #AFE477

triadic

#E4E277 #77E4E2 #E277E4

tetradic

#E4E277 #77E4AB #7779E4 #E477AF

square

#E4E277 #77E4AB #7779E4 #E477AF

split-complementary

#E4E277 #77AFE4 #AB77E4

monochromatic

#BBB925 #DAD744 #E4E277 #EEEDAA #F8F8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#E4E277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E277

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E277	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.130 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeaa0',
    500: '#e4e277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e277;
$custom-light: #eeeaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.899,
    "s": 66.871,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89241,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E277

secondary

#4446BB

accent

#1ACF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E277

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

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