#E4E873#E4E873

#E4E873 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.140 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E873
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 115)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 50.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.60, -17.05, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.60, 58.34, 107.00°)
OKLab	oklab(90.44% -0.0496 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(90.44% 0.14 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.9474, 75.4464, 27.4103)
Luminance	0.7544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E873 #7773E8

analogous

#E8B173 #E4E873 #A9E873

triadic

#E4E873 #73E4E8 #E873E4

tetradic

#E4E873 #73E8B1 #7773E8 #E873A9

square

#E4E873 #73E8B1 #7773E8 #E873A9

split-complementary

#E4E873 #73A9E8 #B173E8

monochromatic

#BBC120 #DADF3E #E4E873 #EEF1A8 #F8F9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#E4E873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E873

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E873	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.140 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef9e',
    500: '#e4e873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e873;
$custom-light: #efef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.051,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90443,
    "c": 0.14044,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E873

secondary

#4440C0

accent

#12D418

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E873

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

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