#E4E278#E4E278

#E4E278 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.129 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E278
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 47.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -13.66, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 53.43, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.25% -0.0394 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(89.25% 0.129 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.5828, 72.2443, 28.4135)
Luminance	0.7224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E278 #787AE4

analogous

#E4AC78 #E4E278 #B0E478

triadic

#E4E278 #78E4E2 #E278E4

tetradic

#E4E278 #78E4AC #787AE4 #E478B0

square

#E4E278 #78E4AC #787AE4 #E478B0

split-complementary

#E4E278 #78B0E4 #AC78E4

monochromatic

#BCB926 #DAD745 #E4E278 #EEEDAB #F8F8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E4E278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E278

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E278	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.129 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeaa1',
    500: '#e4e278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e278;
$custom-light: #eeeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89254,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E278

secondary

#4547BB

accent

#1ACF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E278

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

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