#E4E690#E4E690

#E4E690 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.108 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E690
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 144)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(61, 37%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 37.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.44, -13.23, 41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.44, 43.74, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.0361 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.108 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.3265, 75.1024, 37.4350)
Luminance	0.7510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E690 #9290E6

analogous

#E6BD90 #E4E690 #B9E690

triadic

#E4E690 #90E4E6 #E690E4

tetradic

#E4E690 #90E6BD #9290E6 #E690B9

square

#E4E690 #90E6BD #9290E6 #E690B9

split-complementary

#E4E690 #90B9E6 #BD90E6

monochromatic

#CACD2E #D8DB5E #E4E690 #F0F1C2 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#E4E690 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E690

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E690	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DF8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.108 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeedb1',
    500: '#e4e690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e690;
$custom-light: #eeedb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 63.235,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90433,
    "c": 0.10816,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E690

secondary

#5D5BC0

accent

#1ACB1F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E690

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

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