#E4E477#E4E477

#E4E477 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.132 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E477
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 119)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 48%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 47.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.60, -14.74, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.60, 54.76, 105.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0426 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.132 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.0695, 73.3142, 28.2779)
Luminance	0.7331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E477 #7777E4

analogous

#E4AD77 #E4E477 #ADE477

triadic

#E4E477 #77E4E4 #E477E4

tetradic

#E4E477 #77E4AD #7777E4 #E477AD

square

#E4E477 #77E4AD #7777E4 #E477AD

split-complementary

#E4E477 #77ADE4 #AD77E4

monochromatic

#BBBB25 #DADA44 #E4E477 #EEEEAA #F8F8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E4E477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E477

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E477	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.132 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeca1',
    500: '#e4e477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e477;
$custom-light: #eeeca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.871,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89657,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E477

secondary

#4444BB

accent

#17CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E477

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

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