#E4E863#E4E863

#E4E863 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	#E4E863
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 99)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 57.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.44, -18.31, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.44, 65.35, 106.27°)
OKLab	oklab(90.27% -0.0547 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(90.27% 0.155 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.1053, 75.1095, 22.9753)
Luminance	0.7511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E863 #6763E8

analogous

#E8AA63 #E4E863 #A1E863

triadic

#E4E863 #63E4E8 #E863E4

tetradic

#E4E863 #63E8AA #6763E8 #E863A1

square

#E4E863 #63E8AA #6763E8 #E863A1

split-complementary

#E4E863 #63A1E8 #AA63E8

monochromatic

#B1B61B #DBE02E #E4E863 #EDF098 #F6F8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#E4E863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E863

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E863	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)

#F8DF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.155 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef94',
    500: '#e4e863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e863;
$custom-light: #efef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.805,
    "s": 74.302,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90267,
    "c": 0.15465,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E863

secondary

#3D39B6

accent

#0FD615

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E863

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

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