#E4E962#E4E962

#E4E962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.157 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E962
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.70, -18.87, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.70, 66.19, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.47% -0.0564 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(90.47% 0.157 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.3401, 75.6551, 22.8192)
Luminance	0.7565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E962 #6762E9

analogous

#E9AA62 #E4E962 #A1E962

triadic

#E4E962 #62E4E9 #E962E4

tetradic

#E4E962 #62E9AA #6762E9 #E962A1

square

#E4E962 #62E9AA #6762E9 #E962A1

split-complementary

#E4E962 #62A1E9 #AA62E9

monochromatic

#B1B71A #DBE12C #E4E962 #EDF198 #F6F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#E4E962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E962

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E962	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.157 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef93',
    500: '#e4e962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e962;
$custom-light: #efef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90468,
    "c": 0.15655,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E962

secondary

#3D38B7

accent

#0ED815

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E962

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

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