#E4E430 is a mid-toned, warm green. On the Color Lab it reads bold and ownable. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #E4E430 works with other colors. Named schemes with #E4E430 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Pear as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Pear anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Pear opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Pear sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Pear is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Pear carrying the quiet middle.
How #E4E430 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #E4E430 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #E4E430;
--color-base-rgb: 228 228 48;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(89.1% 0.183 109.6);
--color-50: #FEFEF1;
--color-100: #FBFBDA;
--color-200: #F5F5B7;
--color-300: #E9E986;
--color-400: #D9D959;
--color-500: #BEBE37;
--color-600: #919131;
--color-700: #666628;
--color-800: #43431E;
--color-900: #292914;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pear: {
50: '#FEFEF1',
100: '#FBFBDA',
200: '#F5F5B7',
300: '#E9E986',
400: '#D9D959',
500: '#BEBE37',
600: '#919131',
700: '#666628',
800: '#43431E',
900: '#292914',
},
}
$base: #E4E430; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFEF1; $base-100: #FBFBDA; $base-200: #F5F5B7; $base-300: #E9E986; $base-400: #D9D959; $base-500: #BEBE37; $base-600: #919131; $base-700: #666628; $base-800: #43431E; $base-900: #292914; $base-hover: #C3C319; $base-subtle: #F0F0C7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#E4E430",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFEF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBFBDA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5F5B7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E9E986",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D9D959",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BEBE37",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#919131",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#666628",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#43431E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#292914",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}