#E4E688#E4E688

#E4E688 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.117 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E688
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 136)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(61, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 40.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.33, -14.09, 45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.33, 47.62, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.31% -0.0392 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(90.31% 0.117 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.7366, 74.8664, 34.3282)
Luminance	0.7487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E688 #8A88E6

analogous

#E6B988 #E4E688 #B5E688

triadic

#E4E688 #88E4E6 #E688E4

tetradic

#E4E688 #88E6B9 #8A88E6 #E688B5

square

#E4E688 #88E6B9 #8A88E6 #E688B5

split-complementary

#E4E688 #88B5E6 #B988E6

monochromatic

#C6C92A #D9DB55 #E4E688 #EFF1BB #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#E4E688 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E688

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E688	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.117 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeedac',
    500: '#e4e688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e688;
$custom-light: #eeedac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 65.278,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90309,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E688

secondary

#5653BF

accent

#18CD1C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E688

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

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