#E4E478#E4E478

#E4E478 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.131 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E478
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 120)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 47.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.61, -14.65, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.61, 54.30, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.0422 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.131 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.1298, 73.3383, 28.5958)
Luminance	0.7334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E478 #7878E4

analogous

#E4AE78 #E4E478 #AEE478

triadic

#E4E478 #78E4E4 #E478E4

tetradic

#E4E478 #78E4AE #7878E4 #E478AE

square

#E4E478 #78E4AE #7878E4 #E478AE

split-complementary

#E4E478 #78AEE4 #AE78E4

monochromatic

#BCBC26 #DADA45 #E4E478 #EEEEAB #F8F8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#E4E478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E478

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E478	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.131 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeca1',
    500: '#e4e478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e478;
$custom-light: #eeeca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8967,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E478

secondary

#4545BB

accent

#17CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E478

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

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