#E4E37B#E4E37B

#E4E37B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.127 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E37B
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 123)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 46.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.38, -13.88, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.38, 52.46, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.5% -0.0397 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(89.5% 0.127 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.0404, 72.8637, 29.4783)
Luminance	0.7286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E37B #7B7CE4

analogous

#E4AF7B #E4E37B #B1E47B

triadic

#E4E37B #7BE4E3 #E37BE4

tetradic

#E4E37B #7BE4AF #7B7CE4 #E47BB1

square

#E4E37B #7BE4AF #7B7CE4 #E47BB1

split-complementary

#E4E37B #7BB1E4 #AF7BE4

monochromatic

#BEBC27 #DAD848 #E4E37B #EEEEAE #F9F9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E37B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E4E37B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E37B

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E37B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E37B	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e37b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.127 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeba3',
    500: '#e4e37b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e37b;
$custom-light: #eeeba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e37b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.429,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89502,
    "c": 0.12706,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E37B

secondary

#4849BC

accent

#19CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E37B

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

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