#E4E761#E4E761

#E4E761 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.155 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E761
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.16, -17.96, 63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.16, 65.78, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.054 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.155 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.7302, 74.5104, 22.3844)
Luminance	0.7451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E761 #6461E7

analogous

#E7A761 #E4E761 #A1E761

triadic

#E4E761 #61E4E7 #E761E4

tetradic

#E4E761 #61E7A7 #6461E7 #E761A1

square

#E4E761 #61E7A7 #6461E7 #E761A1

split-complementary

#E4E761 #61A1E7 #A761E7

monochromatic

#AFB21B #DBDF2C #E4E761 #EDEF96 #F6F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#E4E761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E761

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E761	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.155 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efee93',
    500: '#e4e761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e761;
$custom-light: #efee93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.343,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90037,
    "c": 0.15524,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E761

secondary

#3C39B3

accent

#10D614

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E761

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

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