#E4E1A2#E4E1A2

#E4E1A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.081 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E1A2
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 162)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 29%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 28.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.43, -8.60, 31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.43, 32.44, 105.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.0219 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.081 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.4420, 72.9542, 44.8096)
Luminance	0.7295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E1A2 #A2A5E4

analogous

#E4C0A2 #E4E1A2 #C6E4A2

triadic

#E4E1A2 #A2E4E1 #E1A2E4

tetradic

#E4E1A2 #A2E4C0 #A2A5E4 #E4A2C6

square

#E4E1A2 #A2E4C0 #A2A5E4 #E4A2C6

split-complementary

#E4E1A2 #A2C6E4 #C0A2E4

monochromatic

#C8C243 #D6D273 #E4E1A2 #F2F0D1 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E1A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#E4E1A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E1A2

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E1A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E1A2	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDC9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDFA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e1a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.081 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeabe',
    500: '#e4e1a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e1a2;
$custom-light: #edeabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e1a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89719,
    "c": 0.0813,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E1A2

secondary

#6C70BE

accent

#2AC323

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E1A2

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

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