#E4E59A#E4E59A

#E4E59A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.096 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E59A
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 154)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(61, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 32.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.33, -11.59, 36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.33, 38.33, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(90.39% -0.0308 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(90.39% 0.096 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.8474, 74.8668, 41.5475)
Luminance	0.7487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E59A #9B9AE5

analogous

#E5C09A #E4E59A #BEE59A

triadic

#E4E59A #9AE4E5 #E59AE4

tetradic

#E4E59A #9AE5C0 #9B9AE5 #E59ABE

square

#E4E59A #9AE5C0 #9B9AE5 #E59ABE

split-complementary

#E4E59A #9ABEE5 #C09AE5

monochromatic

#CACC39 #D7D869 #E4E59A #F1F2CB #F8F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#E4E59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E59A

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E59A	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.096 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb8',
    500: '#e4e59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e59a;
$custom-light: #ededb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.8,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90394,
    "c": 0.09556,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E59A

secondary

#6664BF

accent

#1FC721

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E59A

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

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