#E4E463#E4E463

#E4E463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.150 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E463
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 99)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.39, -16.35, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.39, 63.70, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0492 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.15 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.9922, 72.8833, 22.6043)
Luminance	0.7288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E463 #6363E4

analogous

#E4A463 #E4E463 #A4E463

triadic

#E4E463 #63E4E4 #E463E4

tetradic

#E4E463 #63E4A4 #6363E4 #E463A4

square

#E4E463 #63E4A4 #6363E4 #E463A4

split-complementary

#E4E463 #63A4E4 #A463E4

monochromatic

#AEAE1E #DBDB2F #E4E463 #EDED97 #F6F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E4E463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E463

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E463	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)

#F5DB55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.150 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efec94',
    500: '#e4e463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e463;
$custom-light: #efec94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89428,
    "c": 0.15042,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E463

secondary

#3C3CB0

accent

#13D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E463

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

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