#E4EC8A#E4EC8A

#E4EC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.122 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4EC8A
RGB	rgb(228, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(65, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.93, -16.83, 46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.93, 49.46, 109.90°)
OKLab	oklab(91.59% -0.0469 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(91.59% 0.122 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.5786, 78.3209, 35.6500)
Luminance	0.7832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4EC8A #928AEC

analogous

#ECC38A #E4EC8A #B3EC8A

triadic

#E4EC8A #8AE4EC #EC8AE4

tetradic

#E4EC8A #8AECC3 #928AEC #EC8AB3

square

#E4EC8A #8AECC3 #928AEC #EC8AB3

split-complementary

#E4EC8A #8AB3EC #C38AEC

monochromatic

#CAD823 #D8E355 #E4EC8A #F0F5BF #F9FBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E4EC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.66

#E4EC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4EC8A

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4EC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4EC8A	1.00	1.26	16.66	16.66
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E68F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFE2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.122 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eef2ad',
    500: '#e4ec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ec8a;
$custom-light: #eef2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.898,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91589,
    "c": 0.12195,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4EC8A

secondary

#5D54C7

accent

#11D421

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4EC8A

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

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