#E4E889#E4E889

#E4E889 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.118 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E889
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 137)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(63, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 40.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.87, -14.97, 45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.87, 48.06, 108.15°)
OKLab	oklab(90.74% -0.0416 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(90.74% 0.118 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.3678, 76.0145, 34.8908)
Luminance	0.7601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E889 #8D89E8

analogous

#E8BC89 #E4E889 #B5E889

triadic

#E4E889 #89E4E8 #E889E4

tetradic

#E4E889 #89E8BC #8D89E8 #E889B5

square

#E4E889 #89E8BC #8D89E8 #E889B5

split-complementary

#E4E889 #89B5E8 #BC89E8

monochromatic

#C7CE28 #D8DE56 #E4E889 #F0F2BC #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#E4E889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E889

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E889	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.118 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefad',
    500: '#e4e889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e889;
$custom-light: #eeefad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.526,
    "s": 67.376,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9074,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E889

secondary

#5854C1

accent

#16CF1E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E889

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

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