#E4E39C#E4E39C

#E4E39C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.091 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E39C
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 156)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(59, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 31.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.84, -10.35, 34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.84, 36.39, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(90.02% -0.0272 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(90.02% 0.091 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.4652, 73.8336, 42.2487)
Luminance	0.7383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E39C #9C9DE4

analogous

#E4BF9C #E4E39C #C1E49C

triadic

#E4E39C #9CE4E3 #E39CE4

tetradic

#E4E39C #9CE4BF #9C9DE4 #E49CC1

square

#E4E39C #9CE4BF #9C9DE4 #E49CC1

split-complementary

#E4E39C #9CC1E4 #BF9CE4

monochromatic

#CAC83C #D7D56C #E4E39C #F1F1CC #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E39C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E4E39C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E39C

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E39C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E39C	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e39c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.091 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebba',
    500: '#e4e39c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e39c;
$custom-light: #edebba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e39c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90018,
    "c": 0.09082,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E39C

secondary

#6768BE

accent

#23C521

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E39C

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

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