#E4E590#E4E590

#E4E590 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.107 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E590
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 144)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(61, 37%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 37.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.18, -12.74, 41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.18, 43.27, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.23% -0.0347 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(90.23% 0.107 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.0490, 74.5474, 37.3425)
Luminance	0.7455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E590 #9190E5

analogous

#E5BB90 #E4E590 #B9E590

triadic

#E4E590 #90E4E5 #E590E4

tetradic

#E4E590 #90E5BB #9190E5 #E590B9

square

#E4E590 #90E5BB #9190E5 #E590B9

split-complementary

#E4E590 #90B9E5 #BB90E5

monochromatic

#C9CB30 #D8D95E #E4E590 #F0F1C2 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E590 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#E4E590 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E590

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E590	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E590	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DE8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e590;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.107 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeedb1',
    500: '#e4e590',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e590;
$custom-light: #eeedb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e590",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.706,
    "s": 62.044,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90226,
    "c": 0.10697,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E590

secondary

#5C5BBE

accent

#1CCA1E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E590

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

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