#E4E973#E4E973

#E4E973 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.142 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E973
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 115)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(63, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 50.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.86, -17.54, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.86, 58.78, 107.37°)
OKLab	oklab(90.65% -0.0509 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(90.65% 0.142 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.2297, 76.0109, 27.5044)
Luminance	0.7601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E973 #7873E9

analogous

#E9B373 #E4E973 #A9E973

triadic

#E4E973 #73E4E9 #E973E4

tetradic

#E4E973 #73E9B3 #7873E9 #E973A9

square

#E4E973 #73E9B3 #7873E9 #E973A9

split-complementary

#E4E973 #73A9E9 #B373E9

monochromatic

#BCC31F #DAE13E #E4E973 #EEF1A8 #F8FADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#E4E973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E973

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E973	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)

#F8E068

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.142 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef9e',
    500: '#e4e973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e973;
$custom-light: #efef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.542,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90653,
    "c": 0.14157,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E973

secondary

#453FC1

accent

#11D519

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E973

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

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