#E4E089#E4E089

#E4E089 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.109 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E089
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 137)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 39.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.78, -11.00, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.78, 44.42, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.08% -0.0303 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(89.08% 0.109 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.1670, 71.6129, 34.1572)
Luminance	0.7161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E089 #898DE4

analogous

#E4B389 #E4E089 #BBE489

triadic

#E4E089 #89E4E0 #E089E4

tetradic

#E4E089 #89E4B3 #898DE4 #E489BB

square

#E4E089 #89E4B3 #898DE4 #E489BB

split-complementary

#E4E089 #89BBE4 #B389E4

monochromatic

#C5BF2D #D9D357 #E4E089 #EFEDBB #F9F8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E089 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#E4E089 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E089

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E089	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E089	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDA82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e089;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.109 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee9ac',
    500: '#e4e089',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e089;
$custom-light: #eee9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e089",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.363,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89083,
    "c": 0.10898,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E089

secondary

#5559BD

accent

#23CB1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E089

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

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