#E4E381#E4E381

#E4E381 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.121 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E381
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 129)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 43.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.46, -13.31, 47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.46, 49.62, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0375 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.121 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.4276, 73.0186, 31.5174)
Luminance	0.7302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E381 #8182E4

analogous

#E4B281 #E4E381 #B3E481

triadic

#E4E381 #81E4E3 #E381E4

tetradic

#E4E381 #81E4B2 #8182E4 #E481B3

square

#E4E381 #81E4B2 #8182E4 #E481B3

split-complementary

#E4E381 #81B3E4 #B281E4

monochromatic

#C1C029 #D9D84F #E4E381 #EFEEB3 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#E4E381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E381

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E381	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.121 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeba7',
    500: '#e4e381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e381;
$custom-light: #eeeba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.394,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89584,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E381

secondary

#4D4EBC

accent

#1BCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E381

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

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