#E4E59B#E4E59B

#E4E59B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.094 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E59B
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 155)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(61, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 32.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.35, -11.47, 36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.35, 37.84, 107.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.0304 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.094 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.9311, 74.9003, 41.9880)
Luminance	0.7490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E59B #9C9BE5

analogous

#E5C19B #E4E59B #BFE59B

triadic

#E4E59B #9BE4E5 #E59BE4

tetradic

#E4E59B #9BE5C1 #9C9BE5 #E59BBF

square

#E4E59B #9BE5C1 #9C9BE5 #E59BBF

split-complementary

#E4E59B #9BBFE5 #C19BE5

monochromatic

#CACC3A #D7D86A #E4E59B #F1F2CC #F8F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#E4E59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E59B

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E59B	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.094 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb9',
    500: '#e4e59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e59b;
$custom-light: #ededb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.811,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90412,
    "c": 0.0944,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E59B

secondary

#6765BF

accent

#1FC621

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E59B

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