#E4E379#E4E379

#E4E379 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.129 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E379
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.36, -14.07, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.36, 53.39, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.48% -0.0404 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(89.48% 0.129 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.9165, 72.8141, 28.8257)
Luminance	0.7281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E379 #797AE4

analogous

#E4AD79 #E4E379 #AFE479

triadic

#E4E379 #79E4E3 #E379E4

tetradic

#E4E379 #79E4AD #797AE4 #E479AF

square

#E4E379 #79E4AD #797AE4 #E479AF

split-complementary

#E4E379 #79AFE4 #AD79E4

monochromatic

#BDBB26 #DAD846 #E4E379 #EEEEAC #F9F8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E4E379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E379

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E379	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)

#F2DB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.129 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeba2',
    500: '#e4e379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e379;
$custom-light: #eeeba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.439,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89475,
    "c": 0.12906,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E379

secondary

#4647BB

accent

#19CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E379

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

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