#E4E988#E4E988

#E4E988 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.120 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E988
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 136)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(63, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 41.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.11, -15.57, 46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.11, 49.00, 108.53°)
OKLab	oklab(90.93% -0.0434 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(90.93% 0.12 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.5786, 76.5505, 34.6089)
Luminance	0.7655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E988 #8D88E9

analogous

#E9BE88 #E4E988 #B3E988

triadic

#E4E988 #88E4E9 #E988E4

tetradic

#E4E988 #88E9BE #8D88E9 #E988B3

square

#E4E988 #88E9BE #8D88E9 #E988B3

split-complementary

#E4E988 #88B3E9 #BE88E9

monochromatic

#C7D026 #D8DF54 #E4E988 #F0F3BC #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.31

#E4E988 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E988

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E988	1.00	1.29	16.31	16.31
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.120 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefac',
    500: '#e4e988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e988;
$custom-light: #eeefac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.093,
    "s": 68.794,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90933,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E988

secondary

#5853C3

accent

#15D11E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E988

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

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