#E4E972#E4E972

#E4E972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.142 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E972
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 114)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(63, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.85, -17.63, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.85, 59.23, 107.32°)
OKLab	oklab(90.64% -0.0513 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(90.64% 0.143 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.1725, 75.9881, 27.2030)
Luminance	0.7599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E972 #7772E9

analogous

#E9B272 #E4E972 #A8E972

triadic

#E4E972 #72E4E9 #E972E4

tetradic

#E4E972 #72E9B2 #7772E9 #E972A8

square

#E4E972 #72E9B2 #7772E9 #E972A8

split-complementary

#E4E972 #72A8E9 #B272E9

monochromatic

#BBC21E #DAE13D #E4E972 #EEF1A7 #F8FADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#E4E972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E972

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E972	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.142 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef9e',
    500: '#e4e972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e972;
$custom-light: #efef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.521,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90641,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E972

secondary

#443EC1

accent

#10D519

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E972

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

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