#E4E679#E4E679

#E4E679 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.132 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E679
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(61, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 47.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.14, -15.55, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.14, 54.71, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(90.1% -0.0447 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(90.1% 0.132 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.7442, 74.4695, 29.1016)
Luminance	0.7447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E679 #7B79E6

analogous

#E6B279 #E4E679 #AEE679

triadic

#E4E679 #79E4E6 #E679E4

tetradic

#E4E679 #79E6B2 #7B79E6 #E679AE

square

#E4E679 #79E6B2 #7B79E6 #E679AE

split-complementary

#E4E679 #79AEE6 #B279E6

monochromatic

#BEC124 #DADC45 #E4E679 #EEF0AD #F9F9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#E4E679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E679

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E679	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.132 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeda2',
    500: '#e4e679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e679;
$custom-light: #eeeda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.101,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.901,
    "c": 0.13241,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E679

secondary

#4845BE

accent

#15D018

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E679

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

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