#E4E462#E4E462

#E4E462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.151 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E462
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.38, -16.42, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.38, 64.12, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(89.42% -0.0495 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(89.42% 0.151 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.9447, 72.8643, 22.3540)
Luminance	0.7286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E462 #6262E4

analogous

#E4A362 #E4E462 #A3E462

triadic

#E4E462 #62E4E4 #E462E4

tetradic

#E4E462 #62E4A3 #6262E4 #E462A3

square

#E4E462 #62E4A3 #6262E4 #E462A3

split-complementary

#E4E462 #62A3E4 #A362E4

monochromatic

#AEAE1E #DBDB2E #E4E462 #EDED96 #F6F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E4E462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E462

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E462	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)

#F5DB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.151 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efec93',
    500: '#e4e462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e462;
$custom-light: #efec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89417,
    "c": 0.15126,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E462

secondary

#3B3BAF

accent

#13D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E462

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

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