#E4E974#E4E974

#E4E974 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.141 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E974
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 116)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(63, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 50.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.88, -17.46, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.88, 58.32, 107.42°)
OKLab	oklab(90.67% -0.0506 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(90.67% 0.141 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.2875, 76.0341, 27.8091)
Luminance	0.7603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E974 #7974E9

analogous

#E9B374 #E4E974 #A9E974

triadic

#E4E974 #74E4E9 #E974E4

tetradic

#E4E974 #74E9B3 #7974E9 #E974A9

square

#E4E974 #74E9B3 #7974E9 #E974A9

split-complementary

#E4E974 #74A9E9 #B374E9

monochromatic

#BDC41F #DAE13F #E4E974 #EEF1A9 #F9FADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#E4E974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E974

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E974	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.141 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efef9f',
    500: '#e4e974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e974;
$custom-light: #efef9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.564,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90665,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E974

secondary

#4640C1

accent

#11D519

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E974

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

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