#E4E28C#E4E28C

#E4E28C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.108 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E28C
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 140)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 38.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -11.68, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 43.85, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.032 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.108 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.9258, 72.7815, 35.4866)
Luminance	0.7278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E28C #8C8EE4

analogous

#E4B68C #E4E28C #BAE48C

triadic

#E4E28C #8CE4E2 #E28CE4

tetradic

#E4E28C #8CE4B6 #8C8EE4 #E48CBA

square

#E4E28C #8CE4B6 #8C8EE4 #E48CBA

split-complementary

#E4E28C #8CBAE4 #B68CE4

monochromatic

#C7C32F #D8D65A #E4E28C #F0EEBE #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E28C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E4E28C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E28C

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E28C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E28C	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDC85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e28c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.108 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebaf',
    500: '#e4e28c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e28c;
$custom-light: #eeebaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e28c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89542,
    "c": 0.10793,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E28C

secondary

#575ABD

accent

#20CA1C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E28C

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

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