#E4E691#E4E691

#E4E691 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.107 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E691
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 145)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 37%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 37%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.46, -13.12, 41.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.46, 43.25, 107.67°)
OKLab	oklab(90.45% -0.0358 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(90.45% 0.107 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.4033, 75.1331, 37.8393)
Luminance	0.7513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E691 #9391E6

analogous

#E6BD91 #E4E691 #B9E691

triadic

#E4E691 #91E4E6 #E691E4

tetradic

#E4E691 #91E6BD #9391E6 #E691B9

square

#E4E691 #91E6BD #9391E6 #E691B9

split-complementary

#E4E691 #91B9E6 #BD91E6

monochromatic

#CACE2F #D8DB5F #E4E691 #F0F1C3 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E691 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#E4E691 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E691

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E691	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E691	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e691;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.107 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededb2',
    500: '#e4e691',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e691;
$custom-light: #ededb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e691",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.412,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90449,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E691

secondary

#5E5CC0

accent

#1BCB1F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E691

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

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