#E4E59D#E4E59D

#E4E59D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.092 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E59D
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 157)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(61, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 31.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.38, -11.23, 35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.38, 36.84, 107.74°)
OKLab	oklab(90.45% -0.0296 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(90.45% 0.092 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.1004, 74.9680, 42.8799)
Luminance	0.7497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E59D #9E9DE5

analogous

#E5C29D #E4E59D #C0E59D

triadic

#E4E59D #9DE4E5 #E59DE4

tetradic

#E4E59D #9DE5C2 #9E9DE5 #E59DC0

square

#E4E59D #9DE5C2 #9E9DE5 #E59DC0

split-complementary

#E4E59D #9DC0E5 #C29DE5

monochromatic

#C9CB3C #D7D86D #E4E59D #F1F2CD #F8F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#E4E59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E59D

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E59D	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)

#F0DF98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.092 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededba',
    500: '#e4e59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e59d;
$custom-light: #ededba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.833,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90447,
    "c": 0.09205,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E59D

secondary

#6867BF

accent

#20C622

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E59D

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

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