#E4E378#E4E378

#E4E378 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.130 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E378
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 47.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.35, -14.16, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.35, 53.86, 105.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0408 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.13 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.8555, 72.7897, 28.5044)
Luminance	0.7279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E378 #7879E4

analogous

#E4AD78 #E4E378 #AFE478

triadic

#E4E378 #78E4E3 #E378E4

tetradic

#E4E378 #78E4AD #7879E4 #E478AF

square

#E4E378 #78E4AD #7879E4 #E478AF

split-complementary

#E4E378 #78AFE4 #AD78E4

monochromatic

#BCBB26 #DAD845 #E4E378 #EEEEAB #F8F8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E378 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E4E378 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E378

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E378	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E378	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e378;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.130 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeba1',
    500: '#e4e378',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e378;
$custom-light: #eeeba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e378",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.444,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89462,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E378

secondary

#4546BB

accent

#19CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E378

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

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