#E4E27A#E4E27A

#E4E27A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.127 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E27A
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 122)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 46.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.11, -13.48, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.11, 52.49, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0387 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.127 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.7055, 72.2934, 29.0594)
Luminance	0.7229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E27A #7A7CE4

analogous

#E4AD7A #E4E27A #B1E47A

triadic

#E4E27A #7AE4E2 #E27AE4

tetradic

#E4E27A #7AE4AD #7A7CE4 #E47AB1

square

#E4E27A #7AE4AD #7A7CE4 #E47AB1

split-complementary

#E4E27A #7AB1E4 #AD7AE4

monochromatic

#BDBA26 #DAD747 #E4E27A #EEEDAD #F9F8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E27A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#E4E27A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E27A

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E27A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E27A	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e27a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.127 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeba2',
    500: '#e4e27a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e27a;
$custom-light: #eeeba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e27a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89281,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E27A

secondary

#4749BB

accent

#1BCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E27A

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

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