#E4E686#E4E686

#E4E686 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.119 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E686
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 134)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(61, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 41.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.30, -14.30, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.30, 48.58, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.28% -0.0399 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(90.28% 0.119 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.5958, 74.8101, 33.5866)
Luminance	0.7481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E686 #8886E6

analogous

#E6B886 #E4E686 #B4E686

triadic

#E4E686 #86E4E6 #E686E4

tetradic

#E4E686 #86E6B8 #8886E6 #E686B4

square

#E4E686 #86E6B8 #8886E6 #E686B4

split-complementary

#E4E686 #86B4E6 #B886E6

monochromatic

#C5C829 #D9DC53 #E4E686 #EFF0B9 #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#E4E686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E686

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E686	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)

#F4DF7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.119 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeedab',
    500: '#e4e686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e686;
$custom-light: #eeedab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9028,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E686

secondary

#5451BF

accent

#18CE1C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E686

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

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