#E4E189#E4E189

#E4E189 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.110 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E189
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 137)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 39.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.04, -11.50, 43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.04, 44.87, 104.85°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% -0.0317 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.11 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.4365, 72.1520, 34.2471)
Luminance	0.7215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E189 #898CE4

analogous

#E4B489 #E4E189 #BAE489

triadic

#E4E189 #89E4E1 #E189E4

tetradic

#E4E189 #89E4B4 #898CE4 #E489BA

square

#E4E189 #89E4B4 #898CE4 #E489BA

split-complementary

#E4E189 #89BAE4 #B489E4

monochromatic

#C5C02D #D9D457 #E4E189 #EFEEBB #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E4E189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E189

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E189	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDB82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.110 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeaac',
    500: '#e4e189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e189;
$custom-light: #eeeaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.022,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89289,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E189

secondary

#5558BD

accent

#21CB1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E189

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

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