#E4E39B#E4E39B

#E4E39B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.092 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E39B
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 155)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(59, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 32%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.83, -10.47, 35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.83, 36.89, 106.49°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0276 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.092 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.3809, 73.7999, 41.8046)
Luminance	0.7380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E39B #9B9CE4

analogous

#E4BE9B #E4E39B #C0E49B

triadic

#E4E39B #9BE4E3 #E39BE4

tetradic

#E4E39B #9BE4BE #9B9CE4 #E49BC0

square

#E4E39B #9BE4BE #9B9CE4 #E49BC0

split-complementary

#E4E39B #9BC0E4 #BE9BE4

monochromatic

#CAC83B #D7D66B #E4E39B #F1F0CB #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E39B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E4E39B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E39B

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E39B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E39B	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e39b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.092 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebb9',
    500: '#e4e39b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e39b;
$custom-light: #edebb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e39b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9,
    "c": 0.09199,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E39B

secondary

#6667BE

accent

#23C520

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E39B

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

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