#E4E987#E4E987

#E4E987 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.122 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E987
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 135)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(63, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 42.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.10, -15.67, 46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.10, 49.48, 108.47°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0438 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.122 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.5079, 76.5222, 34.2364)
Luminance	0.7652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E987 #8C87E9

analogous

#E9BD87 #E4E987 #B3E987

triadic

#E4E987 #87E4E9 #E987E4

tetradic

#E4E987 #87E9BD #8C87E9 #E987B3

square

#E4E987 #87E9BD #8C87E9 #E987B3

split-complementary

#E4E987 #87B3E9 #BD87E9

monochromatic

#C7D026 #D8E053 #E4E987 #F0F2BB #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#E4E987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E987

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E987	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)

#F7E17F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.122 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefab',
    500: '#e4e987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e987;
$custom-light: #eeefab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.061,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90919,
    "c": 0.12153,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E987

secondary

#5752C3

accent

#15D11E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E987

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

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