#E4E963#E4E963

#E4E963 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.156 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E963
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 99)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.71, -18.79, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.71, 65.77, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.0561 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.156 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.3876, 75.6741, 23.0694)
Luminance	0.7567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E963 #6863E9

analogous

#E9AB63 #E4E963 #A1E963

triadic

#E4E963 #63E4E9 #E963E4

tetradic

#E4E963 #63E9AB #6863E9 #E963A1

square

#E4E963 #63E9AB #6863E9 #E963A1

split-complementary

#E4E963 #63A1E9 #AB63E9

monochromatic

#B2B81A #DBE12D #E4E963 #EDF199 #F7F8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#E4E963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E963

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E963	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)

#F9E054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.156 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef94',
    500: '#e4e963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e963;
$custom-light: #efef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.239,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90478,
    "c": 0.15572,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E963

secondary

#3E39B7

accent

#0ED716

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E963

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

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