#E4E289#E4E289

#E4E289 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.111 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E289
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 137)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 39.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.30, -12.00, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.30, 45.31, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.5% -0.0331 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(89.5% 0.111 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.7076, 72.6942, 34.3375)
Luminance	0.7269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E289 #898BE4

analogous

#E4B589 #E4E289 #B9E489

triadic

#E4E289 #89E4E2 #E289E4

tetradic

#E4E289 #89E4B5 #898BE4 #E489B9

square

#E4E289 #89E4B5 #898BE4 #E489B9

split-complementary

#E4E289 #89B9E4 #B589E4

monochromatic

#C5C22D #D9D657 #E4E289 #EFEEBB #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E289 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#E4E289 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E289

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E289	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E289	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DB82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e289;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.111 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebad',
    500: '#e4e289',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e289;
$custom-light: #eeebad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e289",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.681,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89496,
    "c": 0.11123,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E289

secondary

#5557BD

accent

#1FCB1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E289

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

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