#E4E74E#E4E74E

#E4E74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.169 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E74E
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 66.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.02, -19.14, 70.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.02, 73.30, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(89.87% -0.0592 0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(89.87% 0.169 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.9480, 74.1975, 18.2646)
Luminance	0.7420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E74E #514EE7

analogous

#E79D4E #E4E74E #98E74E

triadic

#E4E74E #4EE4E7 #E74EE4

tetradic

#E4E74E #4EE79D #514EE7 #E74E98

square

#E4E74E #4EE79D #514EE7 #E74E98

split-complementary

#E4E74E #4E98E7 #9D4EE7

monochromatic

#A2A416 #D7DA1E #E4E74E #ECEE84 #F4F6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#E4E74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E74E

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E74E	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DD37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.169 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ee88',
    500: '#e4e74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e74e;
$custom-light: #f0ee88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.176,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89872,
    "c": 0.16939,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E74E

secondary

#3533A6

accent

#0DD811

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E74E

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

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