#E4E97C#E4E97C

#E4E97C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.133 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E97C
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 124)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(63, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 46.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.97, -16.74, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.97, 54.66, 107.84°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0478 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.133 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.7731, 76.2283, 30.3663)
Luminance	0.7623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E97C #817CE9

analogous

#E9B77C #E4E97C #AEE97C

triadic

#E4E97C #7CE4E9 #E97CE4

tetradic

#E4E97C #7CE9B7 #817CE9 #E97CAE

square

#E4E97C #7CE9B7 #817CE9 #E97CAE

split-complementary

#E4E97C #7CAEE9 #B77CE9

monochromatic

#C1C922 #D9E048 #E4E97C #EFF2B0 #FAFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#E4E97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E97C

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E97C	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.133 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefa4',
    500: '#e4e97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e97c;
$custom-light: #eeefa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.752,
    "s": 71.242,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90766,
    "c": 0.13285,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E97C

secondary

#4D48C2

accent

#12D31B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E97C

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

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