#E4E985#E4E985

#E4E985 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.124 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E985
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 133)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(63, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 42.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.08, -15.88, 47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.08, 50.43, 108.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.0445 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.124 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.3684, 76.4664, 33.5017)
Luminance	0.7647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E985 #8A85E9

analogous

#E9BC85 #E4E985 #B2E985

triadic

#E4E985 #85E4E9 #E985E4

tetradic

#E4E985 #85E9BC #8A85E9 #E985B2

square

#E4E985 #85E9BC #8A85E9 #E985B2

split-complementary

#E4E985 #85B2E9 #BC85E9

monochromatic

#C6CE25 #D9E051 #E4E985 #EFF2B9 #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#E4E985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E985

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E985	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E17D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.124 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefaa',
    500: '#e4e985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e985;
$custom-light: #eeefaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9089,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E985

secondary

#5650C2

accent

#14D11E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E985

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

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