#E4E591#E4E591

#E4E591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.106 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E591
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 145)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(61, 37%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 36.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.19, -12.63, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.19, 42.78, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(90.24% -0.0343 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(90.24% 0.106 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.1258, 74.5781, 37.7469)
Luminance	0.7458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E591 #9291E5

analogous

#E5BC91 #E4E591 #BAE591

triadic

#E4E591 #91E4E5 #E591E4

tetradic

#E4E591 #91E5BC #9291E5 #E591BA

square

#E4E591 #91E5BC #9291E5 #E591BA

split-complementary

#E4E591 #91BAE5 #BC91E5

monochromatic

#CACB30 #D8D95F #E4E591 #F0F1C2 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#E4E591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E591

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E591	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DE8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.106 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb2',
    500: '#e4e591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e591;
$custom-light: #ededb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.714,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90242,
    "c": 0.10585,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E591

secondary

#5D5CBE

accent

#1CC91E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E591

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

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