#E4E765#E4E765

#E4E765 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.152 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E765
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 101)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 56.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.20, -17.68, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.20, 64.08, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(90.08% -0.0527 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(90.08% 0.152 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.9214, 74.5869, 23.3916)
Luminance	0.7459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E765 #6865E7

analogous

#E7A965 #E4E765 #A3E765

triadic

#E4E765 #65E4E7 #E765E4

tetradic

#E4E765 #65E7A9 #6865E7 #E765A3

square

#E4E765 #65E7A9 #6865E7 #E765A3

split-complementary

#E4E765 #65A3E7 #A965E7

monochromatic

#B2B51C #DBDF30 #E4E765 #EDEF9A #F7F8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#E4E765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E765

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E765	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E26C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.152 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efee95',
    500: '#e4e765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e765;
$custom-light: #efee95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.385,
    "s": 73.034,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90077,
    "c": 0.1519,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E765

secondary

#3E3BB5

accent

#10D515

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E765

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

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