#E4E585#E4E585

#E4E585 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.119 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E585
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 133)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(61, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 41.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -13.90, 46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 48.60, 106.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.06% -0.0389 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(90.06% 0.119 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.2489, 74.2274, 33.1285)
Luminance	0.7423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E585 #8685E5

analogous

#E5B685 #E4E585 #B4E585

triadic

#E4E585 #85E4E5 #E585E4

tetradic

#E4E585 #85E5B6 #8685E5 #E585B4

square

#E4E585 #85E5B6 #8685E5 #E585B4

split-complementary

#E4E585 #85B4E5 #B685E5

monochromatic

#C4C62A #D9DA53 #E4E585 #EFF0B7 #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#E4E585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E585

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E585	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.119 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeedaa',
    500: '#e4e585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e585;
$custom-light: #eeedaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.625,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90057,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E585

secondary

#5251BE

accent

#19CD1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E585

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

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