#E4E09C#E4E09C

#E4E09C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.087 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E09C
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 156)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(57, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 31.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -8.84, 33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 35.00, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(89.4% -0.0228 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(89.4% 0.087 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.6518, 72.2069, 41.9776)
Luminance	0.7221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E09C #9CA0E4

analogous

#E4BC9C #E4E09C #C4E49C

triadic

#E4E09C #9CE4E0 #E09CE4

tetradic

#E4E09C #9CE4BC #9CA0E4 #E49CC4

square

#E4E09C #9CE4BC #9CA0E4 #E49CC4

split-complementary

#E4E09C #9CC4E4 #BC9CE4

monochromatic

#CAC23C #D7D16C #E4E09C #F1EFCC #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#E4E09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E09C

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E09C	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.087 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede9ba',
    500: '#e4e09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e09c;
$custom-light: #ede9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89403,
    "c": 0.08729,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E09C

secondary

#676BBE

accent

#2AC521

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E09C

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

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