#E4E48A#E4E48A

#E4E48A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.112 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E48A
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 39.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.84, -12.89, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.84, 45.73, 106.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.93% -0.0356 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(89.93% 0.112 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.3267, 73.8171, 34.8993)
Luminance	0.7382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E48A #8A8AE4

analogous

#E4B78A #E4E48A #B7E48A

triadic

#E4E48A #8AE4E4 #E48AE4

tetradic

#E4E48A #8AE4B7 #8A8AE4 #E48AB7

square

#E4E48A #8AE4B7 #8A8AE4 #E48AB7

split-complementary

#E4E48A #8AB7E4 #B78AE4

monochromatic

#C6C62E #D9D958 #E4E48A #EFEFBC #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E48A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E4E48A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E48A

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E48A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E48A	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)

#F1DD83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E18E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e48a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.112 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeecad',
    500: '#e4e48a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e48a;
$custom-light: #eeecad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e48a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89925,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E48A

secondary

#5656BD

accent

#1BCA1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E48A

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

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