#E4E39E#E4E39E

#E4E39E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.088 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E39E
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 158)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 30.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.88, -10.10, 33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.88, 35.39, 106.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.05% -0.0264 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(90.05% 0.088 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.6360, 73.9019, 43.1480)
Luminance	0.7390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E39E #9E9FE4

analogous

#E4C09E #E4E39E #C2E49E

triadic

#E4E39E #9EE4E3 #E39EE4

tetradic

#E4E39E #9EE4C0 #9E9FE4 #E49EC2

square

#E4E39E #9EE4C0 #9E9FE4 #E49EC2

split-complementary

#E4E39E #9EC2E4 #C09EE4

monochromatic

#C9C73E #D7D56E #E4E39E #F1F1CE #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E39E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#E4E39E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E39E

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E39E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E39E	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDD99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e39e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.088 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebbb',
    500: '#e4e39e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e39e;
$custom-light: #edebbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e39e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90054,
    "c": 0.08845,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E39E

secondary

#686ABE

accent

#24C421

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E39E

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

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