#E4E340#E4E340

#E4E340 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.174 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E340
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 71.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -17.88, 74.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 76.72, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.057 0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.174 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.3916, 71.8042, 15.5279)
Luminance	0.7180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E340 #4041E4

analogous

#E49140 #E4E340 #93E440

triadic

#E4E340 #40E4E3 #E340E4

tetradic

#E4E340 #40E491 #4041E4 #E44093

square

#E4E340 #40E491 #4041E4 #E44093

split-complementary

#E4E340 #4093E4 #9140E4

monochromatic

#959415 #CAC91D #E4E340 #ECEB76 #F3F3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#E4E340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E340

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E340	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8DF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.174 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0eb80',
    500: '#e4e340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e340;
$custom-light: #f0eb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.634,
    "s": 75.229,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88933,
    "c": 0.17409,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E340

secondary

#2F3099

accent

#37F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E340

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

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