#E4E871#E4E871

#E4E871 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.142 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E871
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 113)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 51.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.58, -17.22, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.58, 59.24, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(90.42% -0.0502 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(90.42% 0.142 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.8336, 75.4008, 26.8108)
Luminance	0.7540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E871 #7571E8

analogous

#E8B171 #E4E871 #A8E871

triadic

#E4E871 #71E4E8 #E871E4

tetradic

#E4E871 #71E8B1 #7571E8 #E871A8

square

#E4E871 #71E8B1 #7571E8 #E871A8

split-complementary

#E4E871 #71A8E8 #B171E8

monochromatic

#BAC01F #DADF3C #E4E871 #EEF1A6 #F8F9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#E4E871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E871

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E871	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.142 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef9d',
    500: '#e4e871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e871;
$custom-light: #efef9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.017,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9042,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E871

secondary

#433FBF

accent

#11D418

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E871

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

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