#E4E97B#E4E97B

#E4E97B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.134 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E97B
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 123)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(63, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 47.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.95, -16.84, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.95, 55.12, 107.78°)
OKLab	oklab(90.75% -0.0482 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(90.75% 0.134 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.7102, 76.2031, 30.0349)
Luminance	0.7620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E97B #807BE9

analogous

#E9B77B #E4E97B #ADE97B

triadic

#E4E97B #7BE4E9 #E97BE4

tetradic

#E4E97B #7BE9B7 #807BE9 #E97BAD

square

#E4E97B #7BE9B7 #807BE9 #E97BAD

split-complementary

#E4E97B #7BADE9 #B77BE9

monochromatic

#C1C821 #D9E047 #E4E97B #EFF2AF #F9FAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#E4E97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E97B

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E97B	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)

#F8E171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.134 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefa3',
    500: '#e4e97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e97b;
$custom-light: #eeefa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90753,
    "c": 0.13384,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E97B

secondary

#4C47C2

accent

#12D31B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E97B

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

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