#E4E185#E4E185

#E4E185 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.114 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E185
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 133)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 41.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.99, -11.91, 45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.99, 46.81, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(89.23% -0.0332 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(89.23% 0.114 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.1549, 72.0393, 32.7639)
Luminance	0.7204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E185 #8588E4

analogous

#E4B185 #E4E185 #B7E485

triadic

#E4E185 #85E4E1 #E185E4

tetradic

#E4E185 #85E4B1 #8588E4 #E485B7

square

#E4E185 #85E4B1 #8588E4 #E485B7

split-complementary

#E4E185 #85B7E4 #B185E4

monochromatic

#C3BF2B #D9D553 #E4E185 #EFEDB7 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#E4E185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E185

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E185	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDA7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.114 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeaaa',
    500: '#e4e185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e185;
$custom-light: #eeeaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.105,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89228,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E185

secondary

#5154BC

accent

#20CC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E185

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

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