#E4E94C#E4E94C
#E4E94C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.173 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4E94C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 233, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 78%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 67%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 67.4%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.53, -20.22, 72.02) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.53, 74.81, 105.68°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.28% -0.0624 0.161) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.28% 0.173 111.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.4403, 75.2952, 18.0803) |
| Luminance | 0.7529 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 2.98
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 3.63
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 4.48
Banana Yellow
#FAFE4B
ΔE00 4.73
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 4.76
Lemon (survey)
#FDFF52
ΔE00 4.92
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4E94C #514CE9
analogous
#E99F4C #E4E94C #95E94C
triadic
#E4E94C #4CE4E9 #E94CE4
tetradic
#E4E94C #4CE99F #514CE9 #E94C95
square
#E4E94C #4CE99F #514CE9 #E94C95
split-complementary
#E4E94C #4C95E9 #9F4CE9
monochromatic
#A2A614 #D7DD1B #E4E94C #ECF083 #F4F6B9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.31
#E4E94C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.06
#E4E94C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4E94C
16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4E94C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4E94C | 1.00 | 1.31 | 16.06 | 16.06 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FBDF34
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FCE357
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F3DBCA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E1E1E1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4e94c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.173 111.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0ef87',
500: '#e4e94c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4e94c; $custom-light: #f0ef87; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4e94c",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 233,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.911,
"s": 78.109,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.9028,
"c": 0.17272,
"h": 111.2
},
"luminance": 0.75294
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4E94C
secondary
#3531A8
accent
#0BDA12
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85857F