#E4E086#E4E086

#E4E086 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.112 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E086
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 134)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 41.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.74, -11.31, 44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.74, 45.88, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.04% -0.0314 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(89.04% 0.112 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.9547, 71.5280, 33.0396)
Luminance	0.7153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E086 #868AE4

analogous

#E4B186 #E4E086 #B9E486

triadic

#E4E086 #86E4E0 #E086E4

tetradic

#E4E086 #86E4B1 #868AE4 #E486B9

square

#E4E086 #86E4B1 #868AE4 #E486B9

split-complementary

#E4E086 #86B9E4 #B186E4

monochromatic

#C4BD2C #D9D354 #E4E086 #EFEDB8 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E086 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#E4E086 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E086

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E086	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E086	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDA7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e086;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.112 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee9aa',
    500: '#e4e086',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e086;
$custom-light: #eee9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e086",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89037,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E086

secondary

#5256BC

accent

#22CB1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E086

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

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