#E4E966#E4E966

#E4E966 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.153 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E966
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 102)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.73, -18.58, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.73, 64.49, 106.74°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.0552 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.153 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.5337, 75.7325, 23.8388)
Luminance	0.7573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E966 #6B66E9

analogous

#E9AC66 #E4E966 #A2E966

triadic

#E4E966 #66E4E9 #E966E4

tetradic

#E4E966 #66E9AC #6B66E9 #E966A2

square

#E4E966 #66E9AC #6B66E9 #E966A2

split-complementary

#E4E966 #66A2E9 #AC66E9

monochromatic

#B4BA1B #DBE130 #E4E966 #EDF19C #F7F8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#E4E966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E966

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E966	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.153 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef96',
    500: '#e4e966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e966;
$custom-light: #efef96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.29,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90508,
    "c": 0.15321,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E966

secondary

#3F3AB9

accent

#0ED716

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E966

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

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