#E4E48B#E4E48B

#E4E48B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.111 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E48B
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 139)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 39%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.85, -12.78, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.85, 45.25, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(89.94% -0.0352 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(89.94% 0.111 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.3994, 73.8462, 35.2824)
Luminance	0.7385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E48B #8B8BE4

analogous

#E4B88B #E4E48B #B8E48B

triadic

#E4E48B #8BE4E4 #E48BE4

tetradic

#E4E48B #8BE4B8 #8B8BE4 #E48BB8

square

#E4E48B #8BE4B8 #8B8BE4 #E48BB8

split-complementary

#E4E48B #8BB8E4 #B88BE4

monochromatic

#C6C62E #D8D859 #E4E48B #F0F0BD #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E48B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E4E48B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E48B

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E48B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E48B	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E18F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e48b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.111 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeecae',
    500: '#e4e48b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e48b;
$custom-light: #eeecae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e48b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8994,
    "c": 0.11134,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E48B

secondary

#5656BD

accent

#1CCA1C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E48B

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

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