#E4E468#E4E468
#E4E468 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.146 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4E468 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 228, 104) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 70%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 54%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.4%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.44, -15.98, 59.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.44, 61.53, 105.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.48% -0.0476 0.1381) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.48% 0.146 109) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.2387, 72.9819, 23.9024) |
| Luminance | 0.7298 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.20
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.32
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 4.59
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.76
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 5.11
Manilla
#FFFA86
ΔE00 5.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4E468 #6868E4
analogous
#E4A668 #E4E468 #A6E468
triadic
#E4E468 #68E4E4 #E468E4
tetradic
#E4E468 #68E4A6 #6868E4 #E468A6
square
#E4E468 #68E4A6 #6868E4 #E468A6
split-complementary
#E4E468 #68A6E4 #A668E4
monochromatic
#B2B220 #DBDB34 #E4E468 #EDED9C #F7F7D0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.35
#E4E468 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.60
#E4E468 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4E468
15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4E468 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4E468 | 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)
#F4DC5B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6E06F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2D7C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DEDEDE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4e468; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 104); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.146 109.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efec97',
500: '#e4e468',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4e468; $custom-light: #efec97; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4e468",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 228,
"b": 104
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60,
"s": 69.663,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8948,
"c": 0.14612,
"h": 109
},
"luminance": 0.7298
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4E468
secondary
#3E3EB3
accent
#14D214
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17160E
muted
#85847F