#E4E291#E4E291

#E4E291 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.102 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E291
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 145)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 36.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, -11.13, 39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 41.39, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.0301 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.102 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.3029, 72.9323, 37.4726)
Luminance	0.7293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E291 #9193E4

analogous

#E4B891 #E4E291 #BCE491

triadic

#E4E291 #91E4E2 #E291E4

tetradic

#E4E291 #91E4B8 #9193E4 #E491BC

square

#E4E291 #91E4B8 #9193E4 #E491BC

split-complementary

#E4E291 #91BCE4 #B891E4

monochromatic

#C9C631 #D8D560 #E4E291 #F0EFC2 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#E4E291 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E291

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E291	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDC8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.102 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebb2',
    500: '#e4e291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e291;
$custom-light: #edebb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.554,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89623,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E291

secondary

#5C5EBD

accent

#21C81D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E291

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

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