#E4E389#E4E389

#E4E389 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.112 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E389
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 137)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 39.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -12.50, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 45.76, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% -0.0346 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.112 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.9803, 73.2397, 34.4284)
Luminance	0.7324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E389 #898AE4

analogous

#E4B689 #E4E389 #B8E489

triadic

#E4E389 #89E4E3 #E389E4

tetradic

#E4E389 #89E4B6 #898AE4 #E489B8

square

#E4E389 #89E4B6 #898AE4 #E489B8

split-complementary

#E4E389 #89B8E4 #B689E4

monochromatic

#C5C42D #D9D757 #E4E389 #EFEFBB #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E389 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#E4E389 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E389

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E389	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E389	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DC82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E08D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e389;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.112 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebad',
    500: '#e4e389',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e389;
$custom-light: #eeebad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e389",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.341,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89702,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E389

secondary

#5556BD

accent

#1DCB1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E389

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

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