#E4E473#E4E473

#E4E473 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.136 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E473
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 115)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 49.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.55, -15.09, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.55, 56.60, 105.46°)
OKLab	oklab(89.61% -0.044 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(89.61% 0.136 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.8343, 73.2201, 27.0393)
Luminance	0.7322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E473 #7373E4

analogous

#E4AC73 #E4E473 #ACE473

triadic

#E4E473 #73E4E4 #E473E4

tetradic

#E4E473 #73E4AC #7373E4 #E473AC

square

#E4E473 #73E4AC #7373E4 #E473AC

split-complementary

#E4E473 #73ACE4 #AC73E4

monochromatic

#B9B924 #DADA40 #E4E473 #EEEEA6 #F8F8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E473 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#E4E473 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E473

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E473	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E473	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)

#F3DC69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e473;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.136 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efec9e',
    500: '#e4e473',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e473;
$custom-light: #efec9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e473",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89607,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E473

secondary

#4242B9

accent

#16D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E473

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

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