#E4E59E#E4E59E

#E4E59E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.091 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E59E
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 158)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(61, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 31%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.39, -11.11, 34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.39, 36.34, 107.79°)
OKLab	oklab(90.46% -0.0292 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(90.46% 0.091 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.1861, 75.0023, 43.3314)
Luminance	0.7500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E59E #9F9EE5

analogous

#E5C29E #E4E59E #C0E59E

triadic

#E4E59E #9EE4E5 #E59EE4

tetradic

#E4E59E #9EE5C2 #9F9EE5 #E59EC0

square

#E4E59E #9EE5C2 #9F9EE5 #E59EC0

split-complementary

#E4E59E #9EC0E5 #C29EE5

monochromatic

#C9CB3D #D7D86E #E4E59E #F1F2CE #F8F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#E4E59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E59E

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E59E	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DF99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E2A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.091 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededbb',
    500: '#e4e59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e59e;
$custom-light: #ededbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90465,
    "c": 0.09087,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E59E

secondary

#6968BF

accent

#20C523

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E59E

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

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