#E4E749#E4E749

#E4E749 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.173 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E749
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.98, -19.41, 72.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.98, 75.11, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.84% -0.0604 0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(89.84% 0.173 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.7755, 74.1285, 17.3561)
Luminance	0.7413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E749 #4C49E7

analogous

#E79B49 #E4E749 #95E749

triadic

#E4E749 #49E4E7 #E749E4

tetradic

#E4E749 #49E79B #4C49E7 #E74995

square

#E4E749 #49E79B #4C49E7 #E74995

split-complementary

#E4E749 #4995E7 #9B49E7

monochromatic

#9EA015 #D3D71C #E4E749 #ECEE7F #F4F5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#E4E749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E749

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E749	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.173 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ee85',
    500: '#e4e749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e749;
$custom-light: #f0ee85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.139,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89836,
    "c": 0.17263,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E749

secondary

#3331A3

accent

#35F338

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E749

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

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