#E4E789#E4E789

#E4E789 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.117 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E789
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 137)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(62, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 40.7%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.60, -14.48, 45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.60, 47.59, 107.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0402 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.117 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.0871, 75.4532, 34.7973)
Luminance	0.7545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E789 #8C89E7

analogous

#E7BB89 #E4E789 #B5E789

triadic

#E4E789 #89E4E7 #E789E4

tetradic

#E4E789 #89E7BB #8C89E7 #E789B5

square

#E4E789 #89E7BB #8C89E7 #E789B5

split-complementary

#E4E789 #89B5E7 #BB89E7

monochromatic

#C7CC2A #D8DD56 #E4E789 #F0F1BC #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#E4E789 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E789

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E789	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.117 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeead',
    500: '#e4e789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e789;
$custom-light: #eeeead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.915,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90532,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E789

secondary

#5754C0

accent

#17CE1D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E789

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

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