#E4E39F#E4E39F

#E4E39F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.087 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E39F
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 159)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 30.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.89, -9.98, 33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.89, 34.89, 106.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.07% -0.026 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(90.07% 0.087 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.7224, 73.9365, 43.6031)
Luminance	0.7393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E39F #9FA0E4

analogous

#E4C09F #E4E39F #C2E49F

triadic

#E4E39F #9FE4E3 #E39FE4

tetradic

#E4E39F #9FE4C0 #9FA0E4 #E49FC2

square

#E4E39F #9FE4C0 #9FA0E4 #E49FC2

split-complementary

#E4E39F #9FC2E4 #C09FE4

monochromatic

#C9C73F #D7D56F #E4E39F #F1F1CF #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E39F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#E4E39F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E39F

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E39F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E39F	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDE9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e39f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.087 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebbc',
    500: '#e4e39f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e39f;
$custom-light: #edebbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e39f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90073,
    "c": 0.08727,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E39F

secondary

#696BBE

accent

#24C422

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E39F

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

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