#E4E980#E4E980

#E4E980 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.129 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E980
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 128)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(63, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 45.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.01, -16.37, 50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.01, 52.79, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0464 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.129 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.0312, 76.3315, 31.7256)
Luminance	0.7633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E980 #8580E9

analogous

#E9B980 #E4E980 #AFE980

triadic

#E4E980 #80E4E9 #E980E4

tetradic

#E4E980 #80E9B9 #8580E9 #E980AF

square

#E4E980 #80E9B9 #8580E9 #E980AF

split-complementary

#E4E980 #80AFE9 #B980E9

monochromatic

#C3CB23 #D9E04C #E4E980 #EFF2B4 #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#E4E980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E980

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E980	1.00	1.29	16.27	16.27
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.129 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefa7',
    500: '#e4e980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e980;
$custom-light: #eeefa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9082,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E980

secondary

#514BC2

accent

#13D21C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E980

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

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