#E4E18C#E4E18C

#E4E18C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.107 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E18C
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 140)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(58, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 38.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -11.18, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 43.40, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.0305 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.107 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.6547, 72.2393, 35.3962)
Luminance	0.7224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E18C #8C8FE4

analogous

#E4B58C #E4E18C #BBE48C

triadic

#E4E18C #8CE4E1 #E18CE4

tetradic

#E4E18C #8CE4B5 #8C8FE4 #E48CBB

square

#E4E18C #8CE4B5 #8C8FE4 #E48CBB

split-complementary

#E4E18C #8CBBE4 #B58CE4

monochromatic

#C7C22F #D8D45A #E4E18C #F0EEBE #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E18C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E4E18C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E18C

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E18C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E18C	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDB86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DF90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e18c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.107 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeaaf',
    500: '#e4e18c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e18c;
$custom-light: #eeeaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e18c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.955,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89336,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E18C

secondary

#575BBD

accent

#22CA1C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E18C

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

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