#E4E36A#E4E36A

#E4E36A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.143 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E36A
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 106)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 53.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -15.33, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 60.23, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% -0.0456 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.143 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.0672, 72.4744, 24.3523)
Luminance	0.7247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E36A #6A6BE4

analogous

#E4A66A #E4E36A #A8E46A

triadic

#E4E36A #6AE4E3 #E36AE4

tetradic

#E4E36A #6AE4A6 #6A6BE4 #E46AA8

square

#E4E36A #6AE4A6 #6A6BE4 #E46AA8

split-complementary

#E4E36A #6AA8E4 #A66AE4

monochromatic

#B3B220 #DBD936 #E4E36A #EDED9E #F7F6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#E4E36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E36A

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E36A	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)

#F3DB5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.143 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeb98',
    500: '#e4e36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e36a;
$custom-light: #efeb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.508,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89293,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E36A

secondary

#3E3FB4

accent

#16D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E36A

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

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