#E4E960#E4E960

#E4E960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.158 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E960
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(62, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.68, -19.00, 64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.68, 67.02, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(90.45% -0.057 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(90.45% 0.158 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.2468, 75.6178, 22.3281)
Luminance	0.7562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E960 #6560E9

analogous

#E9AA60 #E4E960 #A0E960

triadic

#E4E960 #60E4E9 #E960E4

tetradic

#E4E960 #60E9AA #6560E9 #E960A0

square

#E4E960 #60E9AA #6560E9 #E960A0

split-complementary

#E4E960 #60A0E9 #AA60E9

monochromatic

#B0B519 #DBE22A #E4E960 #EDF096 #F6F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#E4E960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E960

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E960	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)

#FADF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.158 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef92',
    500: '#e4e960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e960;
$custom-light: #efef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.19,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90448,
    "c": 0.15818,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E960

secondary

#3C38B5

accent

#0ED815

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E960

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

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