#E4E64A#E4E64A

#E4E64A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.171 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E64A
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 74)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 67.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -18.87, 71.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 74.38, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0588 0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.171 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.5298, 73.5837, 17.4391)
Luminance	0.7358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E64A #4C4AE6

analogous

#E69A4A #E4E64A #96E64A

triadic

#E4E64A #4AE4E6 #E64AE4

tetradic

#E4E64A #4AE69A #4C4AE6 #E64A96

square

#E4E64A #4AE69A #4C4AE6 #E64A96

split-complementary

#E4E64A #4A96E6 #9A4AE6

monochromatic

#9EA016 #D3D51D #E4E64A #ECED80 #F4F5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E64A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E4E64A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E64A

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E64A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E64A	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e64a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.171 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ed85',
    500: '#e4e64a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e64a;
$custom-light: #f0ed85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e64a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.769,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89632,
    "c": 0.17101,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E64A

secondary

#3332A2

accent

#35F238

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E64A

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

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