#E4E38E#E4E38E

#E4E38E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.107 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E38E
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 142)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 37.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.63, -11.96, 41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.63, 43.33, 106.03°)
OKLab	oklab(89.78% -0.0326 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(89.78% 0.107 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.3473, 73.3865, 36.3612)
Luminance	0.7339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E38E #8E8FE4

analogous

#E4B88E #E4E38E #BAE48E

triadic

#E4E38E #8EE4E3 #E38EE4

tetradic

#E4E38E #8EE4B8 #8E8FE4 #E48EBA

square

#E4E38E #8EE4B8 #8E8FE4 #E48EBA

split-complementary

#E4E38E #8EBAE4 #B88EE4

monochromatic

#C8C630 #D8D75D #E4E38E #F0EFBF #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#E4E38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E38E

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E38E	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E092

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.107 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebb0',
    500: '#e4e38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e38e;
$custom-light: #eeebb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.302,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89781,
    "c": 0.10686,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E38E

secondary

#595ABD

accent

#1EC91C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E38E

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

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