#E4E09F#E4E09F

#E4E09F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.084 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E09F
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 159)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 30.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.12, -8.47, 32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.12, 33.49, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0216 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.084 105)
XYZ	xyz(64.9090, 72.3097, 43.3320)
Luminance	0.7231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E09F #9FA3E4

analogous

#E4BD9F #E4E09F #C5E49F

triadic

#E4E09F #9FE4E0 #E09FE4

tetradic

#E4E09F #9FE4BD #9FA3E4 #E49FC5

square

#E4E09F #9FE4BD #9FA3E4 #E49FC5

split-complementary

#E4E09F #9FC5E4 #BD9FE4

monochromatic

#C9C13F #D7D16F #E4E09F #F1EFCF #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#E4E09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E09F

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E09F	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDB9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDFA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.084 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede9bc',
    500: '#e4e09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e09f;
$custom-light: #ede9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89458,
    "c": 0.08373,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.72308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E09F

secondary

#696EBE

accent

#2BC422

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E09F

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

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