#E4E964#E4E964

#E4E964 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.155 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E964
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 100)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 57.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -18.72, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 65.34, 106.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.49% -0.0558 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(90.49% 0.155 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.4357, 75.6933, 23.3227)
Luminance	0.7569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E964 #6964E9

analogous

#E9AC64 #E4E964 #A1E964

triadic

#E4E964 #64E4E9 #E964E4

tetradic

#E4E964 #64E9AC #6964E9 #E964A1

square

#E4E964 #64E9AC #6964E9 #E964A1

split-complementary

#E4E964 #64A1E9 #AC64E9

monochromatic

#B2B81A #DBE12E #E4E964 #EDF19A #F7F8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E964 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#E4E964 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E964

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E964	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E964	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e964;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.155 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef95',
    500: '#e4e964',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e964;
$custom-light: #efef95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e964",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.256,
    "s": 75.141,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90488,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E964

secondary

#3E39B8

accent

#0ED716

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E964

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

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