#E4E59C#E4E59C

#E4E59C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.093 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E59C
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 156)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(61, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 31.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.36, -11.35, 35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.36, 37.34, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.03 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.093 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.0154, 74.9340, 42.4321)
Luminance	0.7493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E59C #9D9CE5

analogous

#E5C19C #E4E59C #BFE59C

triadic

#E4E59C #9CE4E5 #E59CE4

tetradic

#E4E59C #9CE5C1 #9D9CE5 #E59CBF

square

#E4E59C #9CE5C1 #9D9CE5 #E59CBF

split-complementary

#E4E59C #9CBFE5 #C19CE5

monochromatic

#CACC3B #D7D86C #E4E59C #F1F2CC #F8F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#E4E59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E59C

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E59C	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.093 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededba',
    500: '#e4e59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e59c;
$custom-light: #ededba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.822,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9043,
    "c": 0.09323,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E59C

secondary

#6766BF

accent

#1FC622

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E59C

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

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