#E4E991#E4E991

#E4E991 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.111 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E991
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 145)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(63, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 37.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.24, -14.61, 42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.24, 44.66, 109.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.04 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.111 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.2453, 76.8172, 38.1200)
Luminance	0.7682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E991 #9691E9

analogous

#E9C291 #E4E991 #B8E991

triadic

#E4E991 #91E4E9 #E991E4

tetradic

#E4E991 #91E9C2 #9691E9 #E991B8

square

#E4E991 #91E9C2 #9691E9 #E991B8

split-complementary

#E4E991 #91B8E9 #C291E9

monochromatic

#CBD52B #D7DF5E #E4E991 #F1F3C4 #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#E4E991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E991

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E991	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E28A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.111 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eef0b2',
    500: '#e4e991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e991;
$custom-light: #eef0b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.409,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91071,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E991

secondary

#615BC3

accent

#17CF21

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E991

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

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