#E4E387#E4E387

#E4E387 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.115 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E387
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 135)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 40.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.53, -12.71, 44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.53, 46.73, 105.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.0353 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.115 108)
XYZ	xyz(63.8382, 73.1828, 33.6798)
Luminance	0.7318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E387 #8788E4

analogous

#E4B487 #E4E387 #B6E487

triadic

#E4E387 #87E4E3 #E387E4

tetradic

#E4E387 #87E4B4 #8788E4 #E487B6

square

#E4E387 #87E4B4 #8788E4 #E487B6

split-complementary

#E4E387 #87B6E4 #B487E4

monochromatic

#C4C32C #D9D755 #E4E387 #EFEFB9 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#E4E387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E387

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E387	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E08B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.115 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebab',
    500: '#e4e387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e387;
$custom-light: #eeebab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.355,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89672,
    "c": 0.11453,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.73181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E387

secondary

#5354BC

accent

#1CCB1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E387

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

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