#E4E28D#E4E28D

#E4E28D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.107 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E28D
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 141)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 38.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.36, -11.57, 41.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.36, 43.36, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.56% -0.0316 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(89.56% 0.107 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.9999, 72.8111, 35.8767)
Luminance	0.7281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E28D #8D8FE4

analogous

#E4B78D #E4E28D #BAE48D

triadic

#E4E28D #8DE4E2 #E28DE4

tetradic

#E4E28D #8DE4B7 #8D8FE4 #E48DBA

square

#E4E28D #8DE4B7 #8D8FE4 #E48DBA

split-complementary

#E4E28D #8DBAE4 #B78DE4

monochromatic

#C7C42F #D8D55C #E4E28D #F0EFBE #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E28D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E4E28D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E28D

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E28D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E28D	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)

#EFDC87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e28d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.107 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebaf',
    500: '#e4e28d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e28d;
$custom-light: #eeebaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e28d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.621,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89558,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E28D

secondary

#585BBD

accent

#20C91C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E28D

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

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