#E4E487#E4E487

#E4E487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.116 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E487
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 135)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 40.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -13.20, 45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 47.19, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0367 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.116 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.1125, 73.7314, 33.7712)
Luminance	0.7373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E487 #8787E4

analogous

#E4B587 #E4E487 #B5E487

triadic

#E4E487 #87E4E4 #E487E4

tetradic

#E4E487 #87E4B5 #8787E4 #E487B5

square

#E4E487 #87E4B5 #8787E4 #E487B5

split-complementary

#E4E487 #87B5E4 #B587E4

monochromatic

#C4C42C #D9D955 #E4E487 #EFEFB9 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#E4E487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E487

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E487	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DD80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E18B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.116 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeecab',
    500: '#e4e487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e487;
$custom-light: #eeecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89879,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E487

secondary

#5353BC

accent

#1ACB1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E487

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

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