#E4E39A#E4E39A

#E4E39A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.093 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E39A
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 154)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(59, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 32.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.81, -10.59, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.81, 37.39, 106.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.028 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.093 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.2972, 73.7664, 41.3641)
Luminance	0.7377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E39A #9A9BE4

analogous

#E4BE9A #E4E39A #C0E49A

triadic

#E4E39A #9AE4E3 #E39AE4

tetradic

#E4E39A #9AE4BE #9A9BE4 #E49AC0

square

#E4E39A #9AE4BE #9A9BE4 #E49AC0

split-complementary

#E4E39A #9AC0E4 #BE9AE4

monochromatic

#CAC839 #D7D66A #E4E39A #F1F0CA #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E39A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#E4E39A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E39A

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E39A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E39A	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e39a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.093 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebb8',
    500: '#e4e39a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e39a;
$custom-light: #edebb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e39a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 57.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89983,
    "c": 0.09316,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E39A

secondary

#6566BE

accent

#22C520

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E39A

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

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