#E4E68A#E4E68A

#E4E68A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.115 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E68A
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 138)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(61, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 40%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.36, -13.88, 44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.36, 46.65, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.34% -0.0384 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(90.34% 0.115 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.8801, 74.9238, 35.0838)
Luminance	0.7492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E68A #8C8AE6

analogous

#E6BA8A #E4E68A #B6E68A

triadic

#E4E68A #8AE4E6 #E68AE4

tetradic

#E4E68A #8AE6BA #8C8AE6 #E68AB6

square

#E4E68A #8AE6BA #8C8AE6 #E68AB6

split-complementary

#E4E68A #8AB6E6 #BA8AE6

monochromatic

#C7CA2B #D8DB58 #E4E68A #F0F1BC #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E68A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#E4E68A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E68A

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E68A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E68A	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)

#F3DF83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E28E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e68a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.115 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeedad',
    500: '#e4e68a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e68a;
$custom-light: #eeedad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e68a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.304,
    "s": 64.789,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90339,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E68A

secondary

#5755BF

accent

#19CD1D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E68A

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

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