#E4EC49#E4EC49

#E4EC49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.178 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4EC49
RGB	rgb(228, 236, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.31, -21.82, 73.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.31, 77.02, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.0672 0.1645)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.178 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.1949, 76.9674, 17.8293)
Luminance	0.7697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4EC49 #5149EC

analogous

#ECA349 #E4EC49 #92EC49

triadic

#E4EC49 #49E4EC #EC49E4

tetradic

#E4EC49 #49ECA3 #5149EC #EC4992

square

#E4EC49 #49ECA3 #5149EC #EC4992

split-complementary

#E4EC49 #4992EC #A349EC

monochromatic

#A2A912 #D7E017 #E4EC49 #ECF280 #F4F8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4EC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#E4EC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4EC49

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4EC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4EC49	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ec49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 236, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.178 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f185',
    500: '#e4ec49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ec49;
$custom-light: #f0f185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ec49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.945,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90894,
    "c": 0.17765,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4EC49

secondary

#352FAA

accent

#08DD13

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4EC49

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

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