#E4E090#E4E090

#E4E090 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.101 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E090
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 144)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 36.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -10.24, 39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 40.98, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.2% -0.0276 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(89.2% 0.101 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.6855, 71.8203, 36.8880)
Luminance	0.7182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E090 #9094E4

analogous

#E4B690 #E4E090 #BEE490

triadic

#E4E090 #90E4E0 #E090E4

tetradic

#E4E090 #90E4B6 #9094E4 #E490BE

square

#E4E090 #90E4B6 #9094E4 #E490BE

split-complementary

#E4E090 #90BEE4 #B690E4

monochromatic

#C9C231 #D8D25F #E4E090 #F0EEC1 #F9F8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E4E090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#E4E090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E090

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E090	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDA8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDE93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.101 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede9b1',
    500: '#e4e090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e090;
$custom-light: #ede9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89195,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E090

secondary

#5B60BD

accent

#25C91D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E090

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

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