#E4E48C#E4E48C

#E4E48C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.110 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E48C
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 140)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 38.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -12.68, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 44.76, 106.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0348 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.11 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.4728, 73.8755, 35.6689)
Luminance	0.7387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E48C #8C8CE4

analogous

#E4B88C #E4E48C #B8E48C

triadic

#E4E48C #8CE4E4 #E48CE4

tetradic

#E4E48C #8CE4B8 #8C8CE4 #E48CB8

square

#E4E48C #8CE4B8 #8C8CE4 #E48CB8

split-complementary

#E4E48C #8CB8E4 #B88CE4

monochromatic

#C7C72F #D8D85A #E4E48C #F0F0BE #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E48C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E4E48C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E48C

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E48C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E48C	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)

#F1DD85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e48c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.110 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeecaf',
    500: '#e4e48c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e48c;
$custom-light: #eeecaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e48c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89956,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E48C

secondary

#5757BD

accent

#1CCA1C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E48C

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

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