#E4E479#E4E479

#E4E479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.130 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E479
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.62, -14.56, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.62, 53.83, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(89.68% -0.0419 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(89.68% 0.13 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.1908, 73.3627, 28.9171)
Luminance	0.7336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E479 #7979E4

analogous

#E4AE79 #E4E479 #AEE479

triadic

#E4E479 #79E4E4 #E479E4

tetradic

#E4E479 #79E4AE #7979E4 #E479AE

square

#E4E479 #79E4AE #7979E4 #E479AE

split-complementary

#E4E479 #79AEE4 #AE79E4

monochromatic

#BDBD26 #DADA46 #E4E479 #EEEEAC #F9F9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#E4E479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E479

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E479	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)

#F3DC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E07E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.130 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeca2',
    500: '#e4e479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e479;
$custom-light: #eeeca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89683,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E479

secondary

#4646BB

accent

#17CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E479

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

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