#E4E587#E4E587

#E4E587 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.117 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E587
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 135)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(61, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 41%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -13.70, 45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 47.64, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.09% -0.0382 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(90.09% 0.117 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.3884, 74.2832, 33.8632)
Luminance	0.7428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E587 #8887E5

analogous

#E5B787 #E4E587 #B5E587

triadic

#E4E587 #87E4E5 #E587E4

tetradic

#E4E587 #87E5B7 #8887E5 #E587B5

square

#E4E587 #87E5B7 #8887E5 #E587B5

split-complementary

#E4E587 #87B5E5 #B787E5

monochromatic

#C5C72B #D9DA55 #E4E587 #EFF0B9 #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#E4E587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E587

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E587	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E18B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.117 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeedab',
    500: '#e4e587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e587;
$custom-light: #eeedab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.638,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90087,
    "c": 0.11683,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E587

secondary

#5453BE

accent

#19CC1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E587

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

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