#E4E942#E4E942

#E4E942 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.179 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E942
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 71.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.47, -20.71, 75.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.47, 78.25, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.21% -0.0647 0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(90.21% 0.179 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.1193, 75.1668, 16.3896)
Luminance	0.7517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E942 #4742E9

analogous

#E99A42 #E4E942 #90E942

triadic

#E4E942 #42E4E9 #E942E4

tetradic

#E4E942 #42E99A #4742E9 #E94290

square

#E4E942 #42E99A #4742E9 #E94290

split-complementary

#E4E942 #4290E9 #9A42E9

monochromatic

#9A9E12 #CFD519 #E4E942 #ECEF79 #F4F6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#E4E942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E942

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E942	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBDF21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.179 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ef82',
    500: '#e4e942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e942;
$custom-light: #f0ef82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.796,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90213,
    "c": 0.17877,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E942

secondary

#322EA1

accent

#32F638

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FFFEF2

border

#D7D6CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E942

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

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