#E4E279#E4E279

#E4E279 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.128 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E279
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.10, -13.57, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.10, 52.96, 104.85°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.039 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.128 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.6438, 72.2687, 28.7348)
Luminance	0.7227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E279 #797BE4

analogous

#E4AC79 #E4E279 #B0E479

triadic

#E4E279 #79E4E2 #E279E4

tetradic

#E4E279 #79E4AC #797BE4 #E479B0

square

#E4E279 #79E4AC #797BE4 #E479B0

split-complementary

#E4E279 #79B0E4 #AC79E4

monochromatic

#BDBA26 #DAD746 #E4E279 #EEEDAC #F9F8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E4E279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E279

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E279	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)

#F1DB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.128 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeba2',
    500: '#e4e279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e279;
$custom-light: #eeeba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89267,
    "c": 0.12797,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E279

secondary

#4648BB

accent

#1BCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E279

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

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