#E4E28E#E4E28E

#E4E28E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.106 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E28E
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 142)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 37.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.37, -11.46, 41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.37, 42.87, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.0312 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.106 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.0746, 72.8410, 36.2703)
Luminance	0.7284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E28E #8E90E4

analogous

#E4B78E #E4E28E #BBE48E

triadic

#E4E28E #8EE4E2 #E28EE4

tetradic

#E4E28E #8EE4B7 #8E90E4 #E48EBB

square

#E4E28E #8EE4B7 #8E90E4 #E48EBB

split-complementary

#E4E28E #8EBBE4 #B78EE4

monochromatic

#C8C430 #D8D55D #E4E28E #F0EFBF #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E28E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E4E28E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E28E

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E28E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E28E	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDC88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DF92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e28e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.106 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebb0',
    500: '#e4e28e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e28e;
$custom-light: #eeebb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e28e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89574,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E28E

secondary

#595CBD

accent

#20C91C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E28E

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

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