#E4E461#E4E461

#E4E461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.152 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E461
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.37, -16.49, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.37, 64.55, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0498 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.152 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.8978, 72.8455, 22.1069)
Luminance	0.7284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E461 #6161E4

analogous

#E4A261 #E4E461 #A2E461

triadic

#E4E461 #61E4E4 #E461E4

tetradic

#E4E461 #61E4A2 #6161E4 #E461A2

square

#E4E461 #61E4A2 #6161E4 #E461A2

split-complementary

#E4E461 #61A2E4 #A261E4

monochromatic

#ADAD1E #DBDB2D #E4E461 #EDED95 #F6F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E4E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E461

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E461	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)

#F5DB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.152 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efec93',
    500: '#e4e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e461;
$custom-light: #efec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89407,
    "c": 0.15209,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E461

secondary

#3B3BAE

accent

#13D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E461

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

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