#E4E772#E4E772

#E4E772 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.140 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E772
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 114)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 50.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.33, -16.65, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.33, 58.35, 106.58°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.0485 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.14 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.6095, 74.8621, 27.0153)
Luminance	0.7486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E772 #7572E7

analogous

#E7AF72 #E4E772 #AAE772

triadic

#E4E772 #72E4E7 #E772E4

tetradic

#E4E772 #72E7AF #7572E7 #E772AA

square

#E4E772 #72E7AF #7572E7 #E772AA

split-complementary

#E4E772 #72AAE7 #AF72E7

monochromatic

#BABE20 #DADE3E #E4E772 #EEF0A6 #F8F9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#E4E772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E772

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E772	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.140 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efee9d',
    500: '#e4e772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e772;
$custom-light: #efee9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.538,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90222,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E772

secondary

#4340BD

accent

#13D317

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E772

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

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