#E4E489#E4E489

#E4E489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.114 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E489
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 137)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 39.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.82, -12.99, 44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.82, 46.22, 106.33°)
OKLab	oklab(89.91% -0.036 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(89.91% 0.114 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.2546, 73.7883, 34.5198)
Luminance	0.7379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E489 #8989E4

analogous

#E4B789 #E4E489 #B7E489

triadic

#E4E489 #89E4E4 #E489E4

tetradic

#E4E489 #89E4B7 #8989E4 #E489B7

square

#E4E489 #89E4B7 #8989E4 #E489B7

split-complementary

#E4E489 #89B7E4 #B789E4

monochromatic

#C5C52D #D9D957 #E4E489 #EFEFBB #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E4E489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E489

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E489	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E18D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.114 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeecad',
    500: '#e4e489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e489;
$custom-light: #eeecad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89909,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E489

secondary

#5555BD

accent

#1BCB1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E489

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

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