#E4E685#E4E685

#E4E685 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.120 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E685
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 133)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(61, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 42.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.29, -14.40, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.29, 49.05, 107.07°)
OKLab	oklab(90.27% -0.0403 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(90.27% 0.12 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.5264, 74.7824, 33.2210)
Luminance	0.7478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E685 #8785E6

analogous

#E6B785 #E4E685 #B3E685

triadic

#E4E685 #85E4E6 #E685E4

tetradic

#E4E685 #85E6B7 #8785E6 #E685B3

square

#E4E685 #85E6B7 #8785E6 #E685B3

split-complementary

#E4E685 #85B3E6 #B785E6

monochromatic

#C4C829 #D9DC52 #E4E685 #EFF0B8 #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#E4E685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E685

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E685	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.120 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeedaa',
    500: '#e4e685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e685;
$custom-light: #eeedaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.237,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90265,
    "c": 0.12012,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E685

secondary

#5350BF

accent

#18CE1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E685

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

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