#E4E580#E4E580

#E4E580 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.124 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E580
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 128)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(61, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 44.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.97, -14.40, 48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.97, 50.98, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% -0.0407 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.124 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.9117, 74.0925, 31.3524)
Luminance	0.7409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E580 #8180E5

analogous

#E5B380 #E4E580 #B2E580

triadic

#E4E580 #80E4E5 #E580E4

tetradic

#E4E580 #80E5B3 #8180E5 #E580B2

square

#E4E580 #80E5B3 #8180E5 #E580B2

split-complementary

#E4E580 #80B2E5 #B380E5

monochromatic

#C1C328 #D9DB4D #E4E580 #EFEFB3 #FAFAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E580 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#E4E580 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E580

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E580	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E580	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e580;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.124 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeda7',
    500: '#e4e580',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e580;
$custom-light: #eeeda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e580",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.594,
    "s": 66.013,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89986,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E580

secondary

#4D4CBD

accent

#18CE19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E580

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

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