#E4E581#E4E581

#E4E581 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.123 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E581
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 129)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(61, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 43.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.98, -14.30, 48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.98, 50.51, 106.45°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0404 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.123 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.9778, 74.1189, 31.7008)
Luminance	0.7412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E581 #8281E5

analogous

#E5B481 #E4E581 #B2E581

triadic

#E4E581 #81E4E5 #E581E4

tetradic

#E4E581 #81E5B4 #8281E5 #E581B2

square

#E4E581 #81E5B4 #8281E5 #E581B2

split-complementary

#E4E581 #81B2E5 #B481E5

monochromatic

#C2C328 #D9DB4E #E4E581 #EFEFB4 #FAFAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#E4E581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E581

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E581	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)

#F3DD79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.123 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeda7',
    500: '#e4e581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e581;
$custom-light: #eeeda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E581

secondary

#4E4DBD

accent

#18CE1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E581

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

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