#E4E666#E4E666
#E4E666 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.150 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4E666 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 230, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 72%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 56%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 55.7%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.95, -17.11, 60.87) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.95, 63.23, 105.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.88% -0.051 0.141) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.88% 0.15 109.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.6916, 74.0485, 23.5581) |
| Luminance | 0.7405 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 4.18
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.21
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 4.78
Yellowish Tan
#FCFC81
ΔE00 4.83
Manilla
#FFFA86
ΔE00 5.05
Custard
#FFFD78
ΔE00 5.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4E666 #6866E6
analogous
#E6A866 #E4E666 #A4E666
triadic
#E4E666 #66E4E6 #E666E4
tetradic
#E4E666 #66E6A8 #6866E6 #E666A4
square
#E4E666 #66E6A8 #6866E6 #E666A4
split-complementary
#E4E666 #66A4E6 #A866E6
monochromatic
#B2B41D #DBDD31 #E4E666 #EDEF9B #F7F7CF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.33
#E4E666 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.81
#E4E666 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4E666
15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4E666 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4E666 | 1.00 | 1.33 | 15.81 | 15.81 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DD58
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F8E16D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2D9CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4e666; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.150 109.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efed96',
500: '#e4e666',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4e666; $custom-light: #efed96; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4e666",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 230,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.938,
"s": 71.91,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89878,
"c": 0.14998,
"h": 109.9
},
"luminance": 0.74047
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4E666
secondary
#3E3CB5
accent
#12D415
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFDF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17160E
muted
#85847F