#E4E09D#E4E09D

#E4E09D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.086 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E09D
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 157)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(57, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 31.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -8.72, 33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 34.50, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(89.42% -0.0224 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(89.42% 0.086 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.7369, 72.2409, 42.4254)
Luminance	0.7224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E09D #9DA1E4

analogous

#E4BC9D #E4E09D #C4E49D

triadic

#E4E09D #9DE4E0 #E09DE4

tetradic

#E4E09D #9DE4BC #9DA1E4 #E49DC4

square

#E4E09D #9DE4BC #9DA1E4 #E49DC4

split-complementary

#E4E09D #9DC4E4 #BC9DE4

monochromatic

#CAC23D #D7D16D #E4E09D #F1EFCD #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E4E09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E09D

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E09D	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDFA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.086 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede9ba',
    500: '#e4e09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e09d;
$custom-light: #ede9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89421,
    "c": 0.08611,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E09D

secondary

#676CBE

accent

#2AC421

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E09D

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

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