#E4E970#E4E970

#E4E970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.144 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E970
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 112)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 51.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -17.79, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 60.12, 107.22°)
OKLab	oklab(90.62% -0.052 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(90.62% 0.144 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.0599, 75.9430, 26.6100)
Luminance	0.7594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E970 #7570E9

analogous

#E9B170 #E4E970 #A8E970

triadic

#E4E970 #70E4E9 #E970E4

tetradic

#E4E970 #70E9B1 #7570E9 #E970A8

square

#E4E970 #70E9B1 #7570E9 #E970A8

split-complementary

#E4E970 #70A8E9 #B170E9

monochromatic

#BAC11E #DAE13B #E4E970 #EEF1A5 #F8F9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#E4E970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E970

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E970	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E064

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.144 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef9c',
    500: '#e4e970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e970;
$custom-light: #efef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.479,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90618,
    "c": 0.14436,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E970

secondary

#433EC0

accent

#10D518

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E970

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

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