#E4E361#E4E361

#E4E361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.151 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E361
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.11, -16.00, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.11, 64.14, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.2% -0.0484 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(89.2% 0.151 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.6235, 72.2969, 22.0155)
Luminance	0.7229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E361 #6162E4

analogous

#E4A161 #E4E361 #A3E461

triadic

#E4E361 #61E4E3 #E361E4

tetradic

#E4E361 #61E4A1 #6162E4 #E461A3

square

#E4E361 #61E4A1 #6162E4 #E461A3

split-complementary

#E4E361 #61A3E4 #A161E4

monochromatic

#ADAC1E #DBDA2D #E4E361 #EDEC95 #F6F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#E4E361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E361

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E361	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)

#F4DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.151 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeb93',
    500: '#e4e361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e361;
$custom-light: #efeb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89198,
    "c": 0.15105,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E361

secondary

#3B3CAE

accent

#14D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E361

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

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