#E4E386#E4E386

#E4E386 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.116 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E386
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 134)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 41.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.52, -12.81, 45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.52, 47.22, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0357 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.116 108)
XYZ	xyz(63.7681, 73.1548, 33.3107)
Luminance	0.7315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E386 #8687E4

analogous

#E4B486 #E4E386 #B6E486

triadic

#E4E386 #86E4E3 #E386E4

tetradic

#E4E386 #86E4B4 #8687E4 #E486B6

square

#E4E386 #86E4B4 #8687E4 #E486B6

split-complementary

#E4E386 #86B6E4 #B486E4

monochromatic

#C4C22C #D9D754 #E4E386 #EFEFB8 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E386 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E4E386 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E386

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E386	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E386	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E08A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e386;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.116 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebab',
    500: '#e4e386',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e386;
$custom-light: #eeebab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e386",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.362,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89657,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.73153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E386

secondary

#5253BC

accent

#1CCB1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E386

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

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