#E4E586#E4E586

#E4E586 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.118 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E586
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 134)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(61, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 41.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -13.80, 46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 48.12, 106.67°)
OKLab	oklab(90.07% -0.0385 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(90.07% 0.118 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.3183, 74.2551, 33.4941)
Luminance	0.7425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E586 #8786E5

analogous

#E5B686 #E4E586 #B4E586

triadic

#E4E586 #86E4E5 #E586E4

tetradic

#E4E586 #86E5B6 #8786E5 #E586B4

square

#E4E586 #86E5B6 #8786E5 #E586B4

split-complementary

#E4E586 #86B4E5 #B686E5

monochromatic

#C4C62B #D9DA54 #E4E586 #EFF0B8 #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#E4E586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E586

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E586	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	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)

#F3DE7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E18A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.118 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeedab',
    500: '#e4e586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e586;
$custom-light: #eeedab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.632,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90072,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E586

secondary

#5352BE

accent

#19CC1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E586

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

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