#E4E660#E4E660
#E4E660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.155 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4E660 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 230, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 58.3%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.89, -17.54, 63.40) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.89, 65.79, 105.47°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.82% -0.0529 0.1457) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.82% 0.155 110) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.4048, 73.9337, 22.0474) |
| Luminance | 0.7393 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.05
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.28
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 4.76
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 4.83
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 5.01
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 5.04
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4E660 #6260E6
analogous
#E6A560 #E4E660 #A1E660
triadic
#E4E660 #60E4E6 #E660E4
tetradic
#E4E660 #60E6A5 #6260E6 #E660A1
square
#E4E660 #60E6A5 #6260E6 #E660A1
split-complementary
#E4E660 #60A1E6 #A560E6
monochromatic
#AEB01C #DBDE2B #E4E660 #EDEE95 #F6F7CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.33
#E4E660 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.79
#E4E660 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4E660
15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4E660 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4E660 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 15.79 | 15.79 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DD51
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F8E168
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3D9C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4e660; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.155 110.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efed92',
500: '#e4e660',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4e660; $custom-light: #efed92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4e660",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 230,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.896,
"s": 72.826,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89817,
"c": 0.155,
"h": 110
},
"luminance": 0.73932
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4E660
secondary
#3B39B1
accent
#11D514
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F