#E4E48E#E4E48E

#E4E48E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.108 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E48E
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 142)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 37.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.89, -12.46, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.89, 43.78, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% -0.0341 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.108 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.6216, 73.9351, 36.4527)
Luminance	0.7393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E48E #8E8EE4

analogous

#E4B98E #E4E48E #B9E48E

triadic

#E4E48E #8EE4E4 #E48EE4

tetradic

#E4E48E #8EE4B9 #8E8EE4 #E48EB9

square

#E4E48E #8EE4B9 #8E8EE4 #E48EB9

split-complementary

#E4E48E #8EB9E4 #B98EE4

monochromatic

#C8C830 #D8D85D #E4E48E #F0F0BF #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#E4E48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E48E

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E48E	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.108 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeecb0',
    500: '#e4e48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e48e;
$custom-light: #eeecb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89987,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E48E

secondary

#5959BD

accent

#1CC91C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E48E

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

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