#E4E481#E4E481

#E4E481 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.122 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E481
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 129)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 43%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 43.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -13.80, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 50.06, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(89.79% -0.039 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(89.79% 0.122 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.7019, 73.5672, 31.6088)
Luminance	0.7357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E481 #8181E4

analogous

#E4B381 #E4E481 #B3E481

triadic

#E4E481 #81E4E4 #E481E4

tetradic

#E4E481 #81E4B3 #8181E4 #E481B3

square

#E4E481 #81E4B3 #8181E4 #E481B3

split-complementary

#E4E481 #81B2E4 #B281E4

monochromatic

#C1C129 #D9D94F #E4E481 #EFEFB3 #FAFAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#E4E481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E481

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E481	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DD79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.122 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeca7',
    500: '#e4e481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e481;
$custom-light: #eeeca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89792,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E481

secondary

#4D4DBC

accent

#19CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E481

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

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