#E4D689#E4D689

#E4D689 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.098 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D689
RGB	rgb(228, 214, 137)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 39.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, -5.95, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 40.19, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.03% -0.0157 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(87.03% 0.098 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.5580, 66.3951, 33.2876)
Luminance	0.6639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D689 #8997E4

analogous

#E4A989 #E4D689 #C5E489

triadic

#E4D689 #89E4D6 #D689E4

tetradic

#E4D689 #89E4A9 #8997E4 #E489C5

square

#E4D689 #89E4A9 #8997E4 #E489C5

split-complementary

#E4D689 #89C5E4 #A989E4

monochromatic

#C5AE2D #D9C557 #E4D689 #EFE7BB #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#E4D689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D689

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D689	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D78C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 214, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.098 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee2ac',
    500: '#e4d689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d689;
$custom-light: #eee2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87034,
    "c": 0.09845,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D689

secondary

#5565BD

accent

#36CB1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D689

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

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