#E4E38B#E4E38B

#E4E38B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.110 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E38B
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 139)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 39%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -12.29, 43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 44.79, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.0338 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.11 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.1251, 73.2976, 35.1909)
Luminance	0.7330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E38B #8B8CE4

analogous

#E4B78B #E4E38B #B9E48B

triadic

#E4E38B #8BE4E3 #E38BE4

tetradic

#E4E38B #8BE4B7 #8B8CE4 #E48BB9

square

#E4E38B #8BE4B7 #8B8CE4 #E48BB9

split-complementary

#E4E38B #8BB9E4 #B78BE4

monochromatic

#C6C52E #D8D759 #E4E38B #F0EFBD #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E4E38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E38B

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E38B	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DC84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E08F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.110 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebae',
    500: '#e4e38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e38b;
$custom-light: #eeebae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.326,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89733,
    "c": 0.11018,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E38B

secondary

#5658BD

accent

#1DCA1C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E38B

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

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