#E4E485#E4E485

#E4E485 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.118 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E485
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 133)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 41.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.77, -13.41, 46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.77, 48.15, 106.17°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0375 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.118 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.9730, 73.6756, 33.0366)
Luminance	0.7367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E485 #8585E4

analogous

#E4B485 #E4E485 #B4E485

triadic

#E4E485 #85E4E4 #E485E4

tetradic

#E4E485 #85E4B4 #8585E4 #E485B4

square

#E4E485 #85E4B4 #8585E4 #E485B4

split-complementary

#E4E485 #85B4E4 #B485E4

monochromatic

#C3C32B #D9D953 #E4E485 #EFEFB7 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#E4E485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E485

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E485	1.00	1.33	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DD7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.118 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeecaa',
    500: '#e4e485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e485;
$custom-light: #eeecaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8985,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E485

secondary

#5151BC

accent

#1ACC1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E485

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

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