#E4E280#E4E280

#E4E280 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.121 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E280
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 128)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 44%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 43.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.18, -12.91, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.18, 49.65, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.0365 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.121 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.0888, 72.4467, 31.0781)
Luminance	0.7245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E280 #8082E4

analogous

#E4B080 #E4E280 #B4E480

triadic

#E4E280 #80E4E2 #E280E4

tetradic

#E4E280 #80E4B0 #8082E4 #E480B4

square

#E4E280 #80E4B0 #8082E4 #E480B4

split-complementary

#E4E280 #80B4E4 #B080E4

monochromatic

#C1BE29 #D9D64E #E4E280 #EFEEB2 #F9F9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#E4E280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E280

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E280	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DB78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.121 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeba6',
    500: '#e4e280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e280;
$custom-light: #eeeba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 64.935,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89363,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E280

secondary

#4C4EBC

accent

#1CCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E280

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

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