#E4E689#E4E689

#E4E689 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.116 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E689
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 137)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(61, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 40.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.34, -13.99, 45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.34, 47.13, 107.26°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0388 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.116 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.8080, 74.8950, 34.7042)
Luminance	0.7489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E689 #8B89E6

analogous

#E6BA89 #E4E689 #B6E689

triadic

#E4E689 #89E4E6 #E689E4

tetradic

#E4E689 #89E6BA #8B89E6 #E689B6

square

#E4E689 #89E6BA #8B89E6 #E689B6

split-complementary

#E4E689 #89B6E6 #BA89E6

monochromatic

#C6CA2B #D8DB57 #E4E689 #F0F1BC #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#E4E689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E689

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E689	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.116 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeedad',
    500: '#e4e689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e689;
$custom-light: #eeedad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.29,
    "s": 65.035,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90324,
    "c": 0.11585,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E689

secondary

#5654BF

accent

#19CD1D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E689

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

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