#E4E281#E4E281

#E4E281 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.120 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E281
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 43.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -12.81, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 49.17, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.38% -0.0361 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(89.38% 0.12 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.1549, 72.4731, 31.4265)
Luminance	0.7247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E281 #8183E4

analogous

#E4B181 #E4E281 #B4E481

triadic

#E4E281 #81E4E2 #E281E4

tetradic

#E4E281 #81E4B1 #8183E4 #E481B4

square

#E4E281 #81E4B1 #8183E4 #E481B4

split-complementary

#E4E281 #81B4E4 #B181E4

monochromatic

#C1BE29 #D9D64F #E4E281 #EFEEB3 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#E4E281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E281

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E281	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DB79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.120 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeba7',
    500: '#e4e281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e281;
$custom-light: #eeeba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.788,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89377,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E281

secondary

#4D4FBC

accent

#1DCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E281

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

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