#E4E38F#E4E38F

#E4E38F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.106 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E38F
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 143)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 37.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.65, -11.85, 41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.65, 42.84, 106.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.8% -0.0323 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(89.8% 0.106 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.4227, 73.4166, 36.7584)
Luminance	0.7341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E38F #8F90E4

analogous

#E4B88F #E4E38F #BAE48F

triadic

#E4E38F #8FE4E3 #E38FE4

tetradic

#E4E38F #8FE4B8 #8F90E4 #E48FBA

square

#E4E38F #8FE4B8 #8F90E4 #E48FBA

split-complementary

#E4E38F #8FBAE4 #B88FE4

monochromatic

#C8C730 #D8D75E #E4E38F #F0EFC0 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E38F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#E4E38F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E38F

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E38F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E38F	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)

#F0DD89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e38f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.106 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebb1',
    500: '#e4e38f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e38f;
$custom-light: #eeebb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e38f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.294,
    "s": 61.151,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89797,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E38F

secondary

#5A5BBD

accent

#1FC91D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E38F

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

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