#E4E790#E4E790

#E4E790 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.109 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E790
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 144)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(62, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 37.7%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.70, -13.73, 42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.70, 44.20, 108.10°)
OKLab	oklab(90.64% -0.0376 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(90.64% 0.109 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.6056, 75.6606, 37.5281)
Luminance	0.7566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E790 #9390E7

analogous

#E7BE90 #E4E790 #B8E790

triadic

#E4E790 #90E4E7 #E790E4

tetradic

#E4E790 #90E7BE #9390E7 #E790B8

square

#E4E790 #90E7BE #9390E7 #E790B8

split-complementary

#E4E790 #90B8E7 #BE90E7

monochromatic

#CAD02D #D8DC5E #E4E790 #F0F2C2 #F9FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#E4E790 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E790

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E790	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.109 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeeeb1',
    500: '#e4e790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e790;
$custom-light: #eeeeb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9064,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E790

secondary

#5E5AC1

accent

#19CC1F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E790

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

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