#E4E969#E4E969

#E4E969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.151 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E969
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 105)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 54.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.76, -18.35, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.76, 63.20, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(90.54% -0.0542 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(90.54% 0.151 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.6852, 75.7931, 24.6366)
Luminance	0.7579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E969 #6E69E9

analogous

#E9AE69 #E4E969 #A4E969

triadic

#E4E969 #69E4E9 #E969E4

tetradic

#E4E969 #69E9AE #6E69E9 #E969A4

square

#E4E969 #69E9AE #6E69E9 #E969A4

split-complementary

#E4E969 #69A4E9 #AE69E9

monochromatic

#B6BC1C #DAE134 #E4E969 #EEF19E #F7F9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#E4E969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E969

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E969	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.151 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef98',
    500: '#e4e969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e969;
$custom-light: #efef98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.344,
    "s": 74.419,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9054,
    "c": 0.15063,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E969

secondary

#403BBB

accent

#0FD717

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E969

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

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