#E4E09B#E4E09B

#E4E09B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.088 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E09B
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 155)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(57, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 32%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.05, -8.96, 34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.05, 35.50, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.0232 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.088 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.5675, 72.1731, 41.5335)
Luminance	0.7217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E09B #9B9FE4

analogous

#E4BB9B #E4E09B #C4E49B

triadic

#E4E09B #9BE4E0 #E09BE4

tetradic

#E4E09B #9BE4BB #9B9FE4 #E49BC4

square

#E4E09B #9BE4BB #9B9FE4 #E49BC4

split-complementary

#E4E09B #9BC4E4 #BB9BE4

monochromatic

#CAC23B #D7D16B #E4E09B #F1EFCB #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E4E09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E09B

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E09B	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)

#ECDB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.088 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede9b9',
    500: '#e4e09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e09b;
$custom-light: #ede9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.712,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89385,
    "c": 0.08848,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E09B

secondary

#666ABE

accent

#29C520

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E09B

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

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