#E4E471#E4E471

#E4E471 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.138 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E471
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 113)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 50.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.53, -15.26, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.53, 57.51, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0446 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.138 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.7204, 73.1746, 26.4397)
Luminance	0.7317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E471 #7171E4

analogous

#E4AB71 #E4E471 #ABE471

triadic

#E4E471 #71E4E4 #E471E4

tetradic

#E4E471 #71E4AB #7171E4 #E471AB

square

#E4E471 #71E4AB #7171E4 #E471AB

split-complementary

#E4E471 #71ABE4 #AB71E4

monochromatic

#B8B823 #DADA3E #E4E471 #EEEEA4 #F8F8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E471 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E4E471 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E471

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E471	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E471	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e471;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.138 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efec9d',
    500: '#e4e471',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e471;
$custom-light: #efec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e471",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89583,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E471

secondary

#4141B8

accent

#16D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E471

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

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