#E4E287#E4E287

#E4E287 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.113 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E287
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 135)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 40.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -12.21, 44.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 46.29, 105.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0339 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.113 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.5655, 72.6374, 33.5889)
Luminance	0.7264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E287 #8789E4

analogous

#E4B387 #E4E287 #B7E487

triadic

#E4E287 #87E4E2 #E287E4

tetradic

#E4E287 #87E4B3 #8789E4 #E487B7

square

#E4E287 #87E4B3 #8789E4 #E487B7

split-complementary

#E4E287 #87B7E4 #B387E4

monochromatic

#C4C12C #D9D655 #E4E287 #EFEEB9 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E287 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#E4E287 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E287

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E287	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E287	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DB80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e287;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.113 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebab',
    500: '#e4e287',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e287;
$custom-light: #eeebab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e287",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.71,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89465,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E287

secondary

#5355BC

accent

#1ECB1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E287

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

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