#E4E490#E4E490

#E4E490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.106 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E490
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 144)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 36.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.92, -12.24, 41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.92, 42.81, 106.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.02% -0.0333 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(90.02% 0.106 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.7731, 73.9957, 37.2506)
Luminance	0.7399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E490 #9090E4

analogous

#E4BA90 #E4E490 #BAE490

triadic

#E4E490 #90E4E4 #E490E4

tetradic

#E4E490 #90E4BA #9090E4 #E490BA

square

#E4E490 #90E4BA #9090E4 #E490BA

split-complementary

#E4E490 #90BAE4 #BA90E4

monochromatic

#C9C931 #D8D85F #E4E490 #F0F0C1 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#E4E490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E490

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E490	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.106 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeecb1',
    500: '#e4e490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e490;
$custom-light: #eeecb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90019,
    "c": 0.1058,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E490

secondary

#5B5BBD

accent

#1DC91D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E490

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

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