#E4E09A#E4E09A

#E4E09A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.090 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E09A
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 154)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(57, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 32.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.04, -9.08, 34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.04, 36.00, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.0236 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.09 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.4839, 72.1397, 41.0930)
Luminance	0.7214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E09A #9A9EE4

analogous

#E4BB9A #E4E09A #C3E49A

triadic

#E4E09A #9AE4E0 #E09AE4

tetradic

#E4E09A #9AE4BB #9A9EE4 #E49AC3

square

#E4E09A #9AE4BB #9A9EE4 #E49AC3

split-complementary

#E4E09A #9AC3E4 #BB9AE4

monochromatic

#CAC239 #D7D16A #E4E09A #F1EFCA #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E4E09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E09A

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E09A	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.090 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede9b8',
    500: '#e4e09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e09a;
$custom-light: #ede9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 57.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89367,
    "c": 0.08965,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E09A

secondary

#6569BE

accent

#29C520

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E09A

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

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