#E4E36C#E4E36C

#E4E36C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.141 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E36C
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 108)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 52.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.22, -15.18, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.22, 59.34, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(89.32% -0.0449 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(89.32% 0.141 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.1724, 72.5165, 24.9065)
Luminance	0.7251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E36C #6C6DE4

analogous

#E4A76C #E4E36C #A9E46C

triadic

#E4E36C #6CE4E3 #E36CE4

tetradic

#E4E36C #6CE4A7 #6C6DE4 #E46CA9

square

#E4E36C #6CE4A7 #6C6DE4 #E46CA9

split-complementary

#E4E36C #6CA9E4 #A76CE4

monochromatic

#B4B321 #DBD938 #E4E36C #EDEDA0 #F7F7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#E4E36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E36C

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E36C	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)

#F3DB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.141 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeb99',
    500: '#e4e36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e36c;
$custom-light: #efeb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.5,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89316,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E36C

secondary

#3F40B5

accent

#16D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E36C

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

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