#E4E377#E4E377

#E4E377 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.131 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E377
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 119)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 47.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -14.25, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 54.33, 105.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.45% -0.0412 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(89.45% 0.131 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.7952, 72.7656, 28.1864)
Luminance	0.7276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E377 #7778E4

analogous

#E4AD77 #E4E377 #AEE477

triadic

#E4E377 #77E4E3 #E377E4

tetradic

#E4E377 #77E4AD #7778E4 #E477AE

square

#E4E377 #77E4AD #7778E4 #E477AE

split-complementary

#E4E377 #77AEE4 #AD77E4

monochromatic

#BBBA25 #DAD844 #E4E377 #EEEEAA #F8F8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E377 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E4E377 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E377

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E377	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E377	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e377;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.131 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeba1',
    500: '#e4e377',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e377;
$custom-light: #eeeba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e377",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.45,
    "s": 66.871,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89449,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E377

secondary

#4445BB

accent

#18CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E377

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

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