#E4E440#E4E440

#E4E440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.175 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E440
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -18.37, 74.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 77.07, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0584 0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.175 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.6659, 72.3528, 15.6193)
Luminance	0.7235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E440 #4040E4

analogous

#E49240 #E4E440 #92E440

triadic

#E4E440 #40E4E4 #E440E4

tetradic

#E4E440 #40E492 #4040E4 #E44092

square

#E4E440 #40E492 #4040E4 #E44092

split-complementary

#E4E440 #4092E4 #9240E4

monochromatic

#959515 #CACA1D #E4E440 #ECEC76 #F3F3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#E4E440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E440

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E440	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8DF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.175 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ec80',
    500: '#e4e440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e440;
$custom-light: #f0ec80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 75.229,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89144,
    "c": 0.17504,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E440

secondary

#2F2F99

accent

#36F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E440

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

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