#E4E661#E4E661

#E4E661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.154 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E661
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -17.47, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 65.37, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89.83% -0.0526 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(89.83% 0.154 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.4511, 73.9523, 22.2914)
Luminance	0.7395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E661 #6361E6

analogous

#E6A661 #E4E661 #A2E661

triadic

#E4E661 #61E4E6 #E661E4

tetradic

#E4E661 #61E6A6 #6361E6 #E661A2

square

#E4E661 #61E6A6 #6361E6 #E661A2

split-complementary

#E4E661 #61A2E6 #A661E6

monochromatic

#AEB11C #DBDE2C #E4E661 #EDEE96 #F6F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#E4E661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E661

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E661	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)

#F7DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.154 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed93',
    500: '#e4e661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e661;
$custom-light: #efed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.902,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89827,
    "c": 0.15419,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E661

secondary

#3C3AB1

accent

#11D514

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E661

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

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