#E4E36B#E4E36B

#E4E36B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.142 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E36B
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 107)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 53.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.21, -15.26, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.21, 59.79, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0452 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.142 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.1195, 72.4953, 24.6278)
Luminance	0.7249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E36B #6B6CE4

analogous

#E4A66B #E4E36B #A8E46B

triadic

#E4E36B #6BE4E3 #E36BE4

tetradic

#E4E36B #6BE4A6 #6B6CE4 #E46BA8

square

#E4E36B #6BE4A6 #6B6CE4 #E46BA8

split-complementary

#E4E36B #6BA8E4 #A66BE4

monochromatic

#B4B321 #DBD937 #E4E36B #EDED9F #F7F7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#E4E36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E36B

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E36B	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.142 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeb99',
    500: '#e4e36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e36b;
$custom-light: #efeb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.504,
    "s": 69.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89304,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E36B

secondary

#3F40B4

accent

#16D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E36B

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

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