#E4E59F#E4E59F

#E4E59F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.090 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E59F
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 159)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(61, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 30.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.41, -10.98, 34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.41, 35.84, 107.84°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.0288 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.09 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.2726, 75.0369, 43.7865)
Luminance	0.7504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E59F #A09FE5

analogous

#E5C39F #E4E59F #C1E59F

triadic

#E4E59F #9FE4E5 #E59FE4

tetradic

#E4E59F #9FE5C3 #A09FE5 #E59FC1

square

#E4E59F #9FE5C3 #A09FE5 #E59FC1

split-complementary

#E4E59F #9FC1E5 #C39FE5

monochromatic

#C9CB3F #D6D86F #E4E59F #F2F2CF #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#E4E59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E59F

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E59F	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DF9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E2A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.090 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededbc',
    500: '#e4e59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e59f;
$custom-light: #ededbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.857,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90484,
    "c": 0.08969,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E59F

secondary

#6A69BF

accent

#21C523

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E59F

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

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