#E4E390#E4E390

#E4E390 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.105 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E390
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 144)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 36.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.66, -11.74, 40.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.66, 42.34, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.81% -0.0319 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(89.81% 0.105 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.4988, 73.4471, 37.1592)
Luminance	0.7345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E390 #9091E4

analogous

#E4B990 #E4E390 #BBE490

triadic

#E4E390 #90E4E3 #E390E4

tetradic

#E4E390 #90E4B9 #9091E4 #E490BB

square

#E4E390 #90E4B9 #9091E4 #E490BB

split-complementary

#E4E390 #90BBE4 #B990E4

monochromatic

#C9C731 #D8D75F #E4E390 #F0EFC1 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E390 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#E4E390 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E390

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E390	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E390	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e390;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.105 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeebb1',
    500: '#e4e390',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e390;
$custom-light: #eeebb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e390",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.286,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89813,
    "c": 0.10463,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E390

secondary

#5B5CBD

accent

#1FC91D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E390

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

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