#E4E472#E4E472

#E4E472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.137 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E472
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.54, -15.18, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.54, 57.06, 105.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.6% -0.0443 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(89.6% 0.137 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.7770, 73.1972, 26.7379)
Luminance	0.7320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E472 #7272E4

analogous

#E4AB72 #E4E472 #ABE472

triadic

#E4E472 #72E4E4 #E472E4

tetradic

#E4E472 #72E4AB #7272E4 #E472AB

square

#E4E472 #72E4AB #7272E4 #E472AB

split-complementary

#E4E472 #72ABE4 #AB72E4

monochromatic

#B8B823 #DADA3F #E4E472 #EEEEA5 #F8F8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#E4E472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E472

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E472	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.137 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efec9d',
    500: '#e4e472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e472;
$custom-light: #efec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89595,
    "c": 0.13697,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E472

secondary

#4242B9

accent

#16D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E472

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

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