#E4E981#E4E981

#E4E981 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.128 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E981
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 129)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(63, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 44.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.03, -16.27, 49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.03, 52.32, 108.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.83% -0.046 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(90.83% 0.128 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.0973, 76.3580, 32.0740)
Luminance	0.7636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E981 #8681E9

analogous

#E9BA81 #E4E981 #B0E981

triadic

#E4E981 #81E4E9 #E981E4

tetradic

#E4E981 #81E9BA #8681E9 #E981B0

square

#E4E981 #81E9BA #8681E9 #E981B0

split-complementary

#E4E981 #81B0E9 #BA81E9

monochromatic

#C4CC24 #D9E04D #E4E981 #EFF2B5 #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#E4E981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E981

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E981	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)

#F7E178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E486

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.128 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefa7',
    500: '#e4e981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e981;
$custom-light: #eeefa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.885,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90833,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E981

secondary

#524CC2

accent

#13D21C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E981

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

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