#E4E860#E4E860

#E4E860 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.157 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E860
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 96)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 58.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.42, -18.52, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.42, 66.61, 106.14°)
OKLab	oklab(90.24% -0.0556 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(90.24% 0.157 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.9646, 75.0532, 22.2340)
Luminance	0.7505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E860 #6460E8

analogous

#E8A860 #E4E860 #A0E860

triadic

#E4E860 #60E4E8 #E860E4

tetradic

#E4E860 #60E8A8 #6460E8 #E860A0

square

#E4E860 #60E8A8 #6460E8 #E860A0

split-complementary

#E4E860 #60A0E8 #A860E8

monochromatic

#AFB41A #DBE02B #E4E860 #EDF095 #F6F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#E4E860 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E860

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E860	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.157 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef92',
    500: '#e4e860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e860;
$custom-light: #efef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90238,
    "c": 0.15712,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E860

secondary

#3C38B4

accent

#0FD715

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E860

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

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