#E4E986#E4E986

#E4E986 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.123 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E986
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 134)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(63, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 42.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.09, -15.77, 47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.09, 49.96, 108.41°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.0442 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.123 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.4378, 76.4942, 33.8673)
Luminance	0.7649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E986 #8B86E9

analogous

#E9BD86 #E4E986 #B3E986

triadic

#E4E986 #86E4E9 #E986E4

tetradic

#E4E986 #86E9BD #8B86E9 #E986B3

square

#E4E986 #86E9BD #8B86E9 #E986B3

split-complementary

#E4E986 #86B3E9 #BD86E9

monochromatic

#C6CF26 #D8E052 #E4E986 #F0F2BA #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#E4E986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E986

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E986	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E17E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.123 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefab',
    500: '#e4e986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e986;
$custom-light: #eeefab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.03,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90904,
    "c": 0.12258,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E986

secondary

#5651C2

accent

#14D11E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E986

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

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