#E4E486#E4E486

#E4E486 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.117 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E486
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 134)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 41.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.78, -13.31, 45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.78, 47.67, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.0371 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.117 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.0424, 73.7034, 33.4022)
Luminance	0.7370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E486 #8686E4

analogous

#E4B586 #E4E486 #B5E486

triadic

#E4E486 #86E4E4 #E486E4

tetradic

#E4E486 #86E4B5 #8686E4 #E486B5

square

#E4E486 #86E4B5 #8686E4 #E486B5

split-complementary

#E4E486 #86B5E4 #B586E4

monochromatic

#C4C42C #D9D954 #E4E486 #EFEFB8 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#E4E486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E486

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E486	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DD7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E18A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.117 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeecab',
    500: '#e4e486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e486;
$custom-light: #eeecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89864,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E486

secondary

#5252BC

accent

#1ACB1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E486

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

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