#E4E491#E4E491

#E4E491 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.105 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E491
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 145)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 36%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 36.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -12.13, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 42.31, 106.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.0329 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.105 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.8499, 74.0264, 37.6549)
Luminance	0.7402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E491 #9191E4

analogous

#E4BA91 #E4E491 #BAE491

triadic

#E4E491 #91E4E4 #E491E4

tetradic

#E4E491 #91E4BA #9191E4 #E491BA

square

#E4E491 #91E4BA #9191E4 #E491BA

split-complementary

#E4E491 #91BAE4 #BA91E4

monochromatic

#C9C931 #D8D860 #E4E491 #F0F0C2 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#E4E491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E491

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E491	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.105 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecb2',
    500: '#e4e491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e491;
$custom-light: #edecb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90036,
    "c": 0.10467,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E491

secondary

#5C5CBD

accent

#1DC81D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E491

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

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