#E4E589#E4E589

#E4E589 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.115 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E589
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 137)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(61, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 40.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.08, -13.49, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.08, 46.67, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0374 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.115 109)
XYZ	xyz(64.5305, 74.3400, 34.6118)
Luminance	0.7434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E589 #8A89E5

analogous

#E5B889 #E4E589 #B6E589

triadic

#E4E589 #89E4E5 #E589E4

tetradic

#E4E589 #89E5B8 #8A89E5 #E589B6

square

#E4E589 #89E5B8 #8A89E5 #E589B6

split-complementary

#E4E589 #89B6E5 #B889E5

monochromatic

#C6C82C #D9DA57 #E4E589 #EFF0BB #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#E4E589 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E589

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E589	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DE82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E18D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.115 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeedad',
    500: '#e4e589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e589;
$custom-light: #eeedad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.652,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90117,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.74339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E589

secondary

#5654BE

accent

#1ACC1C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E589

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

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