#E4E488#E4E488

#E4E488 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.115 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E488
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 136)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 40.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.81, -13.10, 44.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.81, 46.70, 106.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.89% -0.0364 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(89.89% 0.115 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.1832, 73.7597, 34.1438)
Luminance	0.7376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E488 #8888E4

analogous

#E4B688 #E4E488 #B6E488

triadic

#E4E488 #88E4E4 #E488E4

tetradic

#E4E488 #88E4B6 #8888E4 #E488B6

square

#E4E488 #88E4B6 #8888E4 #E488B6

split-complementary

#E4E488 #88B6E4 #B688E4

monochromatic

#C5C52D #D9D956 #E4E488 #EFEFBA #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#E4E488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E488

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E488	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)

#F2DD81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E18C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.115 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeecac',
    500: '#e4e488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e488;
$custom-light: #eeecac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.014,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89894,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E488

secondary

#5454BD

accent

#1BCB1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E488

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

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