#E4E38C#E4E38C

#E4E38C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.109 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E38C
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 140)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 38.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.60, -12.18, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.60, 44.30, 105.96°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0334 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.109 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.1985, 73.3269, 35.5775)
Luminance	0.7333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E38C #8C8DE4

analogous

#E4B78C #E4E38C #B9E48C

triadic

#E4E38C #8CE4E3 #E38CE4

tetradic

#E4E38C #8CE4B7 #8C8DE4 #E48CB9

square

#E4E38C #8CE4B7 #8C8DE4 #E48CB9

split-complementary

#E4E38C #8CB9E4 #B78CE4

monochromatic

#C7C52F #D8D75A #E4E38C #F0EFBE #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E38C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#E4E38C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E38C

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E38C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E38C	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DC85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E090

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e38c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.109 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebaf',
    500: '#e4e38c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e38c;
$custom-light: #eeebaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e38c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.318,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89749,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E38C

secondary

#5759BD

accent

#1ECA1C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E38C

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

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