#E4E877#E4E877

#E4E877 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.137 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E877
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 119)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 48.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.65, -16.71, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.65, 56.52, 107.19°)
OKLab	oklab(90.49% -0.0482 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(90.49% 0.137 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.1826, 75.5405, 28.6489)
Luminance	0.7554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E877 #7B77E8

analogous

#E8B477 #E4E877 #ACE877

triadic

#E4E877 #77E4E8 #E877E4

tetradic

#E4E877 #77E8B4 #7B77E8 #E877AC

square

#E4E877 #77E8B4 #7B77E8 #E877AC

split-complementary

#E4E877 #77ACE8 #B477E8

monochromatic

#BEC421 #DADF43 #E4E877 #EEF1AB #F9FAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#E4E877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E877

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E877	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.137 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefa1',
    500: '#e4e877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e877;
$custom-light: #eeefa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.124,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90493,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E877

secondary

#4843C0

accent

#12D319

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E877

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

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