#E4E662#E4E662

#E4E662 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.153 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E662
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 98)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.91, -17.40, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.91, 64.94, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.84% -0.0523 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(89.84% 0.153 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.4980, 73.9710, 22.5385)
Luminance	0.7397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E662 #6462E6

analogous

#E6A662 #E4E662 #A2E662

triadic

#E4E662 #62E4E6 #E662E4

tetradic

#E4E662 #62E6A6 #6462E6 #E662A2

square

#E4E662 #62E6A6 #6462E6 #E662A2

split-complementary

#E4E662 #62A2E6 #A662E6

monochromatic

#AFB11C #DBDE2D #E4E662 #EDEE97 #F6F7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E662 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#E4E662 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E662

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E662	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E662	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)

#F7DD53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e662;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.153 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efed93',
    500: '#e4e662',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e662;
$custom-light: #efed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e662",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.909,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89837,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E662

secondary

#3C3AB2

accent

#11D514

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E662

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

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