#E4E36E#E4E36E

#E4E36E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.140 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E36E
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 110)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 51.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.24, -15.01, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.24, 58.44, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.0442 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.14 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.2800, 72.5595, 25.4735)
Luminance	0.7256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E36E #6E6FE4

analogous

#E4A86E #E4E36E #AAE46E

triadic

#E4E36E #6EE4E3 #E36EE4

tetradic

#E4E36E #6EE4A8 #6E6FE4 #E46EAA

square

#E4E36E #6EE4A8 #6E6FE4 #E46EAA

split-complementary

#E4E36E #6EAAE4 #A86EE4

monochromatic

#B6B522 #DAD93A #E4E36E #EEEDA2 #F7F7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#E4E36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E36E

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E36E	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.140 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeb9b',
    500: '#e4e36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e36e;
$custom-light: #efeb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 68.605,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89339,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E36E

secondary

#4041B6

accent

#17D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E36E

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

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