#E4D588#E4D588

#E4D588 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.099 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D588
RGB	rgb(228, 213, 136)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 40.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -5.55, 39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 40.29, 97.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.81% -0.0146 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(86.81% 0.099 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.2343, 65.8619, 32.8275)
Luminance	0.6586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D588 #8897E4

analogous

#E4A788 #E4D588 #C5E488

triadic

#E4D588 #88E4D5 #D588E4

tetradic

#E4D588 #88E4A7 #8897E4 #E488C5

square

#E4D588 #88E4A7 #8897E4 #E488C5

split-complementary

#E4D588 #88C5E4 #A788E4

monochromatic

#C5AC2D #D9C356 #E4D588 #EFE7BA #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E4D588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#E4D588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D588

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D588	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D78B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 213, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.099 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee1ab',
    500: '#e4d588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d588;
$custom-light: #eee1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.217,
    "s": 63.014,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86814,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D588

secondary

#5465BD

accent

#37CB1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D588

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

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