#E4E28B#E4E28B

#E4E28B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.109 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E28B
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 139)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 39%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -11.79, 42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 44.34, 105.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.53% -0.0324 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(89.53% 0.109 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.8524, 72.7521, 35.1000)
Luminance	0.7275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E28B #8B8DE4

analogous

#E4B68B #E4E28B #BAE48B

triadic

#E4E28B #8BE4E2 #E28BE4

tetradic

#E4E28B #8BE4B6 #8B8DE4 #E48BBA

square

#E4E28B #8BE4B6 #8B8DE4 #E48BBA

split-complementary

#E4E28B #8BBAE4 #B68BE4

monochromatic

#C6C32E #D8D659 #E4E28B #F0EEBD #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E28B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E4E28B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E28B

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E28B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E28B	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDC84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e28b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.109 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebae',
    500: '#e4e28b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e28b;
$custom-light: #eeebae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e28b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.652,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89527,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E28B

secondary

#5659BD

accent

#1FCA1C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E28B

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

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