#E4E186#E4E186

#E4E186 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.113 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E186
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 134)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 41.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.00, -11.81, 44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.00, 46.32, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0328 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.113 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.2243, 72.0671, 33.1295)
Luminance	0.7207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E186 #8689E4

analogous

#E4B286 #E4E186 #B8E486

triadic

#E4E186 #86E4E1 #E186E4

tetradic

#E4E186 #86E4B2 #8689E4 #E486B8

square

#E4E186 #86E4B2 #8689E4 #E486B8

split-complementary

#E4E186 #86B8E4 #B286E4

monochromatic

#C4BF2C #D9D554 #E4E186 #EFEDB8 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#E4E186 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E186

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E186	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)

#EFDA7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.113 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeaaa',
    500: '#e4e186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e186;
$custom-light: #eeeaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.085,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89243,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E186

secondary

#5255BC

accent

#20CB1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E186

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

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