#E4E978#E4E978

#E4E978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.137 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E978
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(63, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.92, -17.11, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.92, 56.50, 107.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.72% -0.0492 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(90.72% 0.137 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.5252, 76.1292, 29.0610)
Luminance	0.7613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E978 #7D78E9

analogous

#E9B678 #E4E978 #ACE978

triadic

#E4E978 #78E4E9 #E978E4

tetradic

#E4E978 #78E9B6 #7D78E9 #E978AC

square

#E4E978 #78E9B6 #7D78E9 #E978AC

split-complementary

#E4E978 #78ACE9 #B678E9

monochromatic

#BFC620 #D9E043 #E4E978 #EFF2AD #F9FAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#E4E978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E978

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E978	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E06E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.137 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefa1',
    500: '#e4e978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e978;
$custom-light: #eeefa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.655,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90715,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E978

secondary

#4944C1

accent

#11D41A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E978

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

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