#E4E874#E4E874

#E4E874 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.139 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E874
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 116)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 50%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.61, -16.97, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.61, 57.88, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.46% -0.0492 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(90.46% 0.139 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.0053, 75.4695, 27.7150)
Luminance	0.7547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E874 #7874E8

analogous

#E8B274 #E4E874 #AAE874

triadic

#E4E874 #74E4E8 #E874E4

tetradic

#E4E874 #74E8B2 #7874E8 #E874AA

square

#E4E874 #74E8B2 #7874E8 #E874AA

split-complementary

#E4E874 #74AAE8 #B274E8

monochromatic

#BCC220 #DADF3F #E4E874 #EEF1A9 #F8F9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#E4E874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E874

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E874	1.00	1.30	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.30	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)

#F7DF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.139 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef9f',
    500: '#e4e874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e874;
$custom-light: #efef9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90456,
    "c": 0.13949,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E874

secondary

#4540C0

accent

#12D419

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E874

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

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