#E4E97A#E4E97A

#E4E97A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.135 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E97A
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 122)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(63, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 47.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.94, -16.93, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.94, 55.58, 107.73°)
OKLab	oklab(90.74% -0.0485 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(90.74% 0.135 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.6479, 76.1782, 29.7069)
Luminance	0.7618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E97A #7F7AE9

analogous

#E9B77A #E4E97A #ACE97A

triadic

#E4E97A #7AE4E9 #E97AE4

tetradic

#E4E97A #7AE9B7 #7F7AE9 #E97AAC

square

#E4E97A #7AE9B7 #7F7AE9 #E97AAC

split-complementary

#E4E97A #7AACE9 #B77AE9

monochromatic

#C0C821 #D9E045 #E4E97A #EFF2AF #F9FAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#E4E97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E97A

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E97A	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.135 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefa3',
    500: '#e4e97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e97a;
$custom-light: #eeefa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.703,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9074,
    "c": 0.13482,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E97A

secondary

#4B46C1

accent

#12D41B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E97A

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

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