#E4E574#E4E574

#E4E574 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.136 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E574
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 116)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 49.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.83, -15.50, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.83, 56.57, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.83% -0.045 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(89.83% 0.136 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.1680, 73.7950, 27.4359)
Luminance	0.7379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E574 #7574E5

analogous

#E5AD74 #E4E574 #ABE574

triadic

#E4E574 #74E4E5 #E574E4

tetradic

#E4E574 #74E5AD #7574E5 #E574AB

square

#E4E574 #74E5AD #7574E5 #E574AB

split-complementary

#E4E574 #74ABE5 #AD74E5

monochromatic

#BABC23 #DADB40 #E4E574 #EEEFA8 #F8F8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E574 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E4E574 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E574

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E574	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E574	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e574;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.136 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed9f',
    500: '#e4e574',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e574;
$custom-light: #efed9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e574",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.531,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89828,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E574

secondary

#4342BB

accent

#15D017

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E574

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

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