#E4E885#E4E885

#E4E885 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.122 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E885
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 133)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(62, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 42.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.81, -15.38, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.81, 49.97, 107.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.68% -0.0431 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(90.68% 0.122 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.0861, 75.9019, 33.4076)
Luminance	0.7590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E885 #8985E8

analogous

#E8BB85 #E4E885 #B3E885

triadic

#E4E885 #85E4E8 #E885E4

tetradic

#E4E885 #85E8BB #8985E8 #E885B3

square

#E4E885 #85E8BB #8985E8 #E885B3

split-complementary

#E4E885 #85B3E8 #BB85E8

monochromatic

#C5CC26 #D9DE52 #E4E885 #EFF2B8 #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E885 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#E4E885 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E885

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E885	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E885	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E07D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e885;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.122 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefaa',
    500: '#e4e885',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e885;
$custom-light: #eeefaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e885",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.424,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90681,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E885

secondary

#5550C1

accent

#15D01D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E885

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

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