#E4E577#E4E577

#E4E577 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.133 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E577
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 119)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(61, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 48%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -15.23, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 55.19, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.87% -0.044 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(89.87% 0.133 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.3453, 73.8660, 28.3698)
Luminance	0.7387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E577 #7877E5

analogous

#E5AF77 #E4E577 #ADE577

triadic

#E4E577 #77E4E5 #E577E4

tetradic

#E4E577 #77E5AF #7877E5 #E577AD

square

#E4E577 #77E5AF #7877E5 #E577AD

split-complementary

#E4E577 #77ADE5 #AF77E5

monochromatic

#BCBD24 #DADB44 #E4E577 #EEEFAA #F8F9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E4E577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E577

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E577	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.133 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeda1',
    500: '#e4e577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e577;
$custom-light: #eeeda1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.545,
    "s": 67.901,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89866,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E577

secondary

#4544BC

accent

#16D017

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E577

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

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