#E4E191#E4E191

#E4E191 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.101 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E191
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 145)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 36.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -10.63, 39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 40.94, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.42% -0.0286 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(89.42% 0.101 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.0318, 72.3901, 37.3822)
Luminance	0.7239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E191 #9194E4

analogous

#E4B791 #E4E191 #BDE491

triadic

#E4E191 #91E4E1 #E191E4

tetradic

#E4E191 #91E4B7 #9194E4 #E491BD

square

#E4E191 #91E4B7 #9194E4 #E491BD

split-complementary

#E4E191 #91BDE4 #B791E4

monochromatic

#C9C431 #D8D460 #E4E191 #F0EEC2 #F9F8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#E4E191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E191

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E191	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDB8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DF94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.101 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeab2',
    500: '#e4e191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e191;
$custom-light: #edeab2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.831,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89417,
    "c": 0.10119,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E191

secondary

#5C60BD

accent

#23C81D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E191

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

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