#E4E474#E4E474

#E4E474 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.135 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E474
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 116)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 49.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -15.00, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 56.14, 105.50°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.0436 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.135 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.8921, 73.2433, 27.3440)
Luminance	0.7324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E474 #7474E4

analogous

#E4AC74 #E4E474 #ACE474

triadic

#E4E474 #74E4E4 #E474E4

tetradic

#E4E474 #74E4AC #7474E4 #E474AC

square

#E4E474 #74E4AC #7474E4 #E474AC

split-complementary

#E4E474 #74ACE4 #AC74E4

monochromatic

#BABA24 #DADA41 #E4E474 #EEEEA7 #F8F8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#E4E474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E474

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E474	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E07A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.135 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeec9f',
    500: '#e4e474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e474;
$custom-light: #eeec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8962,
    "c": 0.13506,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E474

secondary

#4343BA

accent

#16CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E474

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

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