#E4E579#E4E579

#E4E579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.131 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E579
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(61, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.88, -15.05, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.88, 54.27, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.89% -0.0433 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(89.89% 0.131 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.4667, 73.9145, 29.0091)
Luminance	0.7391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E579 #7A79E5

analogous

#E5B079 #E4E579 #AEE579

triadic

#E4E579 #79E4E5 #E579E4

tetradic

#E4E579 #79E5B0 #7A79E5 #E579AE

square

#E4E579 #79E5B0 #7A79E5 #E579AE

split-complementary

#E4E579 #79AEE5 #B079E5

monochromatic

#BDBF25 #DADB46 #E4E579 #EEEFAC #F9F9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#E4E579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E579

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E579	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.131 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeda2',
    500: '#e4e579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e579;
$custom-light: #eeeda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.556,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89892,
    "c": 0.13129,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E579

secondary

#4746BD

accent

#16CF18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E579

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

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