#E4E36F#E4E36F

#E4E36F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.139 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E36F
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 111)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 51.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -14.93, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 57.99, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% -0.0439 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.139 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.3348, 72.5814, 25.7618)
Luminance	0.7258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E36F #6F70E4

analogous

#E4A96F #E4E36F #ABE46F

triadic

#E4E36F #6FE4E3 #E36FE4

tetradic

#E4E36F #6FE4A9 #6F70E4 #E46FAB

square

#E4E36F #6FE4A9 #6F70E4 #E46FAB

split-complementary

#E4E36F #6FABE4 #A96FE4

monochromatic

#B6B522 #DAD93B #E4E36F #EEEDA3 #F7F7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E4E36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E36F

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E36F	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.139 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeb9b',
    500: '#e4e36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e36f;
$custom-light: #efeb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.487,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89351,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E36F

secondary

#4041B7

accent

#17D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E36F

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

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