#E4E18B#E4E18B

#E4E18B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.108 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E18B
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 139)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(58, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 39%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -11.29, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 43.89, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.32% -0.0309 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(89.32% 0.108 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.5813, 72.2099, 35.0097)
Luminance	0.7221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E18B #8B8EE4

analogous

#E4B58B #E4E18B #BAE48B

triadic

#E4E18B #8BE4E1 #E18BE4

tetradic

#E4E18B #8BE4B5 #8B8EE4 #E48BBA

square

#E4E18B #8BE4B5 #8B8EE4 #E48BBA

split-complementary

#E4E18B #8BBAE4 #B58BE4

monochromatic

#C6C12E #D8D459 #E4E18B #F0EEBD #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E18B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#E4E18B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E18B

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E18B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E18B	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDB84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DF8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e18b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.108 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeaae',
    500: '#e4e18b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e18b;
$custom-light: #eeeaae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e18b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.978,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8932,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E18B

secondary

#565ABD

accent

#21CA1C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E18B

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

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