#E4E88A#E4E88A
#E4E88A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.117 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4E88A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 232, 138) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 67%, 73%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 41%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 40.5%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.88, -14.87, 45.20) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.88, 47.58, 108.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.76% -0.0413 0.1096) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.76% 0.117 110.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(65.4398, 76.0433, 35.2704) |
| Luminance | 0.7604 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Khaki (CSS)
#F0E68C
ΔE00 3.67
Light Khaki
#E6F2A2
ΔE00 3.94
Buff
#FEF69E
ΔE00 4.74
Dark Cream
#FFF39A
ΔE00 5.18
Manilla
#FFFA86
ΔE00 5.60
Greenish Beige
#C9D179
ΔE00 5.61
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4E88A #8E8AE8
analogous
#E8BD8A #E4E88A #B5E88A
triadic
#E4E88A #8AE4E8 #E88AE4
tetradic
#E4E88A #8AE8BD #8E8AE8 #E88AB5
square
#E4E88A #8AE8BD #8E8AE8 #E88AB5
split-complementary
#E4E88A #8AB5E8 #BD8AE8
monochromatic
#C8CF29 #D8DE57 #E4E88A #F0F2BD #F9FAE5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.30
#E4E88A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.21
#E4E88A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4E88A
16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4E88A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4E88A | 1.00 | 1.30 | 16.21 | 16.21 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.30 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5E083
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6E48E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EFDED1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E2E2E2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4e88a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 138); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.117 110.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eeefad',
500: '#e4e88a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4e88a; $custom-light: #eeefad; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4e88a",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 232,
"b": 138
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.553,
"s": 67.143,
"l": 72.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90755,
"c": 0.11713,
"h": 110.6
},
"luminance": 0.76042
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4E88A
secondary
#5955C2
accent
#16CF1E
background
#FFFFFD
surface
#FEFEF7
border
#D6D6D0
text
#161610
muted
#858581