#E4E187#E4E187

#E4E187 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.112 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E187
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 135)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 40.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -11.71, 44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 45.84, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.26% -0.0325 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(89.26% 0.112 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.2944, 72.0951, 33.4985)
Luminance	0.7209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E187 #878AE4

analogous

#E4B287 #E4E187 #B8E487

triadic

#E4E187 #87E4E1 #E187E4

tetradic

#E4E187 #87E4B2 #878AE4 #E487B8

square

#E4E187 #87E4B2 #878AE4 #E487B8

split-complementary

#E4E187 #87B8E4 #B287E4

monochromatic

#C4BF2C #D9D555 #E4E187 #EFEDB9 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E4E187 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E187

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E187	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDB80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.112 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeaab',
    500: '#e4e187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e187;
$custom-light: #eeeaab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89258,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E187

secondary

#5356BC

accent

#20CB1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E187

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

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