#E4E588#E4E588

#E4E588 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.116 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E588
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 136)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(61, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 40.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -13.60, 45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 47.16, 106.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.1% -0.0378 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(90.1% 0.116 109)
XYZ	xyz(64.4591, 74.3115, 34.2357)
Luminance	0.7431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E588 #8988E5

analogous

#E5B888 #E4E588 #B6E588

triadic

#E4E588 #88E4E5 #E588E4

tetradic

#E4E588 #88E5B8 #8988E5 #E588B6

square

#E4E588 #88E5B8 #8988E5 #E588B6

split-complementary

#E4E588 #88B6E5 #B888E5

monochromatic

#C5C72C #D9DA56 #E4E588 #EFF0BA #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#E4E588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E588

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E588	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)

#F3DE81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E18C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.116 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeedac',
    500: '#e4e588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e588;
$custom-light: #eeedac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.645,
    "s": 64.138,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90102,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.7431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E588

secondary

#5553BE

accent

#1ACC1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E588

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

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