#E4E37D#E4E37D

#E4E37D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.125 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E37D
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 125)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 45.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -13.69, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 51.51, 105.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.53% -0.039 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(89.53% 0.125 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.1669, 72.9143, 30.1444)
Luminance	0.7291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E37D #7D7EE4

analogous

#E4AF7D #E4E37D #B2E47D

triadic

#E4E37D #7DE4E3 #E37DE4

tetradic

#E4E37D #7DE4AF #7D7EE4 #E47DB2

square

#E4E37D #7DE4AF #7D7EE4 #E47DB2

split-complementary

#E4E37D #7DB2E4 #AF7DE4

monochromatic

#BFBD28 #D9D84A #E4E37D #EFEEB0 #F9F9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E37D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E4E37D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E37D

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E37D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E37D	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e37d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.125 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeba4',
    500: '#e4e37d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e37d;
$custom-light: #eeeba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e37d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.417,
    "s": 65.605,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89529,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E37D

secondary

#494BBC

accent

#1ACD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E37D

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

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