#E4E989#E4E989

#E4E989 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.119 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E989
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 137)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(63, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 41.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.13, -15.47, 45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.13, 48.53, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.95% -0.043 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(90.95% 0.119 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.6500, 76.5791, 34.9849)
Luminance	0.7658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E989 #8E89E9

analogous

#E9BE89 #E4E989 #B4E989

triadic

#E4E989 #89E4E9 #E989E4

tetradic

#E4E989 #89E9BE #8E89E9 #E989B4

square

#E4E989 #89E9BE #8E89E9 #E989B4

split-complementary

#E4E989 #89B4E9 #BE89E9

monochromatic

#C8D127 #D8DF55 #E4E989 #F0F3BD #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#E4E989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E989

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E989	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.119 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeefad',
    500: '#e4e989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e989;
$custom-light: #eeefad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.125,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90948,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E989

secondary

#5953C3

accent

#15D11F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#161610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E989

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

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