#E4E971#E4E971

#E4E971 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.143 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E971
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 113)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(63, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 51.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.84, -17.71, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.84, 59.67, 107.27°)
OKLab	oklab(90.63% -0.0516 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(90.63% 0.143 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.1159, 75.9654, 26.9049)
Luminance	0.7596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E971 #7671E9

analogous

#E9B271 #E4E971 #A8E971

triadic

#E4E971 #71E4E9 #E971E4

tetradic

#E4E971 #71E9B2 #7671E9 #E971A8

square

#E4E971 #71E9B2 #7671E9 #E971A8

split-complementary

#E4E971 #71A8E9 #B271E9

monochromatic

#BBC21E #DAE13C #E4E971 #EEF1A6 #F8F9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#E4E971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E971

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E971	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)

#F8E066

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.143 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef9d',
    500: '#e4e971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e971;
$custom-light: #efef9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90629,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E971

secondary

#433EC0

accent

#10D518

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E971

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →