#E4E362#E4E362

#E4E362 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.150 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E362
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.12, -15.93, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.12, 63.72, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.21% -0.0481 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(89.21% 0.15 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.6704, 72.3157, 22.2626)
Luminance	0.7231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E362 #6263E4

analogous

#E4A262 #E4E362 #A4E462

triadic

#E4E362 #62E4E3 #E362E4

tetradic

#E4E362 #62E4A2 #6263E4 #E462A4

square

#E4E362 #62E4A2 #6263E4 #E462A4

split-complementary

#E4E362 #62A4E4 #A262E4

monochromatic

#AEAD1E #DBDA2E #E4E362 #EDEC96 #F6F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#E4E362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E362

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E362	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)

#F4DB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.150 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeb93',
    500: '#e4e362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e362;
$custom-light: #efeb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89208,
    "c": 0.15022,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E362

secondary

#3B3CAF

accent

#14D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E362

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

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