#E4E285#E4E285

#E4E285 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.116 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E285
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 133)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 41.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -12.41, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 47.25, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.44% -0.0346 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(89.44% 0.116 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.4260, 72.5816, 32.8542)
Luminance	0.7258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E285 #8587E4

analogous

#E4B285 #E4E285 #B6E485

triadic

#E4E285 #85E4E2 #E285E4

tetradic

#E4E285 #85E4B2 #8587E4 #E485B6

square

#E4E285 #85E4B2 #8587E4 #E485B6

split-complementary

#E4E285 #85B6E4 #B285E4

monochromatic

#C3C02B #D9D653 #E4E285 #EFEEB7 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E285 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E4E285 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E285

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E285	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E285	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DB7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e285;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.116 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebaa',
    500: '#e4e285',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e285;
$custom-light: #eeebaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e285",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.737,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89435,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E285

secondary

#5153BC

accent

#1ECC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E285

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

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