#E4E372#E4E372

#E4E372 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.136 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E372
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.28, -14.68, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.28, 56.63, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.0429 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.136 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.5027, 72.6486, 26.6464)
Luminance	0.7265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E372 #7273E4

analogous

#E4AA72 #E4E372 #ACE472

triadic

#E4E372 #72E4E3 #E372E4

tetradic

#E4E372 #72E4AA #7273E4 #E472AC

square

#E4E372 #72E4AA #7273E4 #E472AC

split-complementary

#E4E372 #72ACE4 #AA72E4

monochromatic

#B8B723 #DAD93F #E4E372 #EEEDA5 #F8F7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#E4E372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E372

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E372	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.136 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efeb9d',
    500: '#e4e372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e372;
$custom-light: #efeb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.474,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89387,
    "c": 0.13589,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E372

secondary

#4243B9

accent

#17D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E372

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →