#E4EC4D#E4EC4D

#E4EC4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.175 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4EC4D
RGB	rgb(228, 236, 77)
HSL	hsl(63, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.33, -21.61, 72.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.33, 75.61, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0662 0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.175 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.3318, 77.0222, 18.5503)
Luminance	0.7702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4EC4D #554DEC

analogous

#ECA54D #E4EC4D #95EC4D

triadic

#E4EC4D #4DE4EC #EC4DE4

tetradic

#E4EC4D #4DECA5 #554DEC #EC4D95

square

#E4EC4D #4DECA5 #554DEC #EC4D95

split-complementary

#E4EC4D #4D95EC #A54DEC

monochromatic

#A4AC12 #D9E418 #E4EC4D #ECF284 #F5F8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4EC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#E4EC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4EC4D

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4EC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4EC4D	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ec4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 236, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.175 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f188',
    500: '#e4ec4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ec4d;
$custom-light: #f0f188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ec4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.019,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90922,
    "c": 0.17513,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4EC4D

secondary

#3630AD

accent

#08DD13

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4EC4D

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

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