#E4E879#E4E879

#E4E879 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.135 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E879
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 47.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.67, -16.53, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.67, 55.60, 107.30°)
OKLab	oklab(90.52% -0.0475 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(90.52% 0.135 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.3040, 75.5890, 29.2882)
Luminance	0.7559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E879 #7D79E8

analogous

#E8B579 #E4E879 #ADE879

triadic

#E4E879 #79E4E8 #E879E4

tetradic

#E4E879 #79E8B5 #7D79E8 #E879AD

square

#E4E879 #79E8B5 #7D79E8 #E879AD

split-complementary

#E4E879 #79ADE8 #B579E8

monochromatic

#BFC522 #D9DF45 #E4E879 #EFF1AD #F9FAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#E4E879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E879

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E879	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.135 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefa2',
    500: '#e4e879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e879;
$custom-light: #eeefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.162,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90518,
    "c": 0.13467,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E879

secondary

#4945C0

accent

#13D31A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E879

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

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