#E4E188#E4E188

#E4E188 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.111 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E188
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 136)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 40.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -11.61, 43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 45.35, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0321 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.111 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.3651, 72.1234, 33.8710)
Luminance	0.7212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E188 #888BE4

analogous

#E4B388 #E4E188 #B9E488

triadic

#E4E188 #88E4E1 #E188E4

tetradic

#E4E188 #88E4B3 #888BE4 #E488B9

square

#E4E188 #88E4B3 #888BE4 #E488B9

split-complementary

#E4E188 #88B9E4 #B388E4

monochromatic

#C5C02D #D9D456 #E4E188 #EFEEBA #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E4E188 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E188

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E188	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)

#EFDB81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.111 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeaac',
    500: '#e4e188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e188;
$custom-light: #eeeaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.043,
    "s": 63.014,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89274,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E188

secondary

#5457BD

accent

#20CB1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E188

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

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