#E4E862#E4E862

#E4E862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.155 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E862
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 98)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.44, -18.38, 63.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.44, 65.77, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(90.26% -0.055 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(90.26% 0.155 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.0578, 75.0905, 22.7251)
Luminance	0.7509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E862 #6662E8

analogous

#E8A962 #E4E862 #A1E862

triadic

#E4E862 #62E4E8 #E862E4

tetradic

#E4E862 #62E8A9 #6662E8 #E862A1

square

#E4E862 #62E8A9 #6662E8 #E862A1

split-complementary

#E4E862 #62A1E8 #A962E8

monochromatic

#B0B51B #DBE02D #E4E862 #EDF097 #F6F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#E4E862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E862

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E862	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.155 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef93',
    500: '#e4e862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e862;
$custom-light: #efef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.791,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90257,
    "c": 0.15548,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E862

secondary

#3D39B5

accent

#0FD715

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E862

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

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