#E4E979#E4E979

#E4E979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.136 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E979
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(63, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.93, -17.02, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.93, 56.04, 107.68°)
OKLab	oklab(90.73% -0.0489 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(90.73% 0.136 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.5862, 76.1536, 29.3823)
Luminance	0.7615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E979 #7E79E9

analogous

#E9B679 #E4E979 #ACE979

triadic

#E4E979 #79E4E9 #E979E4

tetradic

#E4E979 #79E9B6 #7E79E9 #E979AC

square

#E4E979 #79E9B6 #7E79E9 #E979AC

split-complementary

#E4E979 #79ACE9 #B679E9

monochromatic

#C0C721 #D9E044 #E4E979 #EFF2AE #F9FAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#E4E979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E979

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E979	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)

#F8E06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E47F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.136 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefa2',
    500: '#e4e979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e979;
$custom-light: #eeefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.679,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90727,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E979

secondary

#4A45C1

accent

#12D41A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E979

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

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