#E4E09E#E4E09E

#E4E09E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.085 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E09E
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 158)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 30.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.10, -8.60, 32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.10, 33.99, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.44% -0.022 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(89.44% 0.085 105)
XYZ	xyz(64.8226, 72.2751, 42.8769)
Luminance	0.7227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E09E #9EA2E4

analogous

#E4BD9E #E4E09E #C5E49E

triadic

#E4E09E #9EE4E0 #E09EE4

tetradic

#E4E09E #9EE4BD #9EA2E4 #E49EC5

square

#E4E09E #9EE4BD #9EA2E4 #E49EC5

split-complementary

#E4E09E #9EC5E4 #BD9EE4

monochromatic

#C9C13E #D7D16E #E4E09E #F1EFCE #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E4E09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E09E

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E09E	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)

#EBDB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDFA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.085 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede9bb',
    500: '#e4e09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e09e;
$custom-light: #ede9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8944,
    "c": 0.08492,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.72274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E09E

secondary

#686DBE

accent

#2BC421

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E09E

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

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