#E4E290#E4E290

#E4E290 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.103 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E290
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 144)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 36.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.40, -11.24, 40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.40, 41.89, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.61% -0.0304 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(89.61% 0.103 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.2261, 72.9016, 37.0682)
Luminance	0.7290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E290 #9092E4

analogous

#E4B890 #E4E290 #BCE490

triadic

#E4E290 #90E4E2 #E290E4

tetradic

#E4E290 #90E4B8 #9092E4 #E490BC

square

#E4E290 #90E4B8 #9092E4 #E490BC

split-complementary

#E4E290 #90BCE4 #B890E4

monochromatic

#C9C531 #D8D55F #E4E290 #F0EFC1 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E4E290 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E290

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E290	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDC8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.103 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebb1',
    500: '#e4e290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e290;
$custom-light: #eeebb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89607,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E290

secondary

#5B5DBD

accent

#21C91D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E290

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

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