#E4E085#E4E085

#E4E085 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.113 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E085
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 133)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 41.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.73, -11.42, 44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.73, 46.37, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.02% -0.0318 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(89.02% 0.113 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.8853, 71.5003, 32.6740)
Luminance	0.7150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E085 #8589E4

analogous

#E4B085 #E4E085 #B8E485

triadic

#E4E085 #85E4E0 #E085E4

tetradic

#E4E085 #85E4B0 #8589E4 #E485B8

square

#E4E085 #85E4B0 #8589E4 #E485B8

split-complementary

#E4E085 #85B8E4 #B085E4

monochromatic

#C3BD2B #D9D353 #E4E085 #EFEDB7 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E085 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#E4E085 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E085

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E085	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E085	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDA7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e085;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.113 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee9aa',
    500: '#e4e085',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e085;
$custom-light: #eee9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e085",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.474,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89022,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E085

secondary

#5155BC

accent

#21CC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E085

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

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