#E4E38D#E4E38D

#E4E38D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.108 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E38D
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 141)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 38.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.62, -12.07, 42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.62, 43.82, 105.99°)
OKLab	oklab(89.77% -0.033 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(89.77% 0.108 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.2726, 73.3566, 35.9676)
Luminance	0.7336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E38D #8D8EE4

analogous

#E4B78D #E4E38D #BAE48D

triadic

#E4E38D #8DE4E3 #E38DE4

tetradic

#E4E38D #8DE4B7 #8D8EE4 #E48DBA

square

#E4E38D #8DE4B7 #8D8EE4 #E48DBA

split-complementary

#E4E38D #8DBAE4 #B78DE4

monochromatic

#C7C62F #D8D75C #E4E38D #F0EFBE #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#E4E38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E38D

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E38D	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)

#F0DC86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E091

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.108 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebaf',
    500: '#e4e38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e38d;
$custom-light: #eeebaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.31,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89765,
    "c": 0.10798,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E38D

secondary

#5859BD

accent

#1EC91C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E38D

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

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