#E4E0AA#E4E0AA

#E4E0AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.070 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E0AA
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 170)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(56, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 25.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.31, -7.05, 27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.31, 27.92, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.0172 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.07 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.9063, 72.7087, 48.5847)
Luminance	0.7271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E0AA #AAAEE4

analogous

#E4C3AA #E4E0AA #CBE4AA

triadic

#E4E0AA #AAE4E0 #E0AAE4

tetradic

#E4E0AA #AAE4C3 #AAAEE4 #E4AACB

square

#E4E0AA #AAE4C3 #AAAEE4 #E4AACB

split-complementary

#E4E0AA #AACBE4 #C3AAE4

monochromatic

#C6BE4D #D5CF7C #E4E0AA #F3F1D8 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#E4E0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E0AA

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E0AA	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EADCA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDFAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.070 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede9c3',
    500: '#e4e0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e0aa;
$custom-light: #ede9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89672,
    "c": 0.07037,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E0AA

secondary

#7479BE

accent

#31BF26

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E0AA

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

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