#E4E1AA#E4E1AA

#E4E1AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.072 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E1AA
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 170)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(57, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 25.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.57, -7.56, 27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.57, 28.39, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0187 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.072 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.1759, 73.2477, 48.6745)
Luminance	0.7325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E1AA #AAADE4

analogous

#E4C4AA #E4E1AA #CAE4AA

triadic

#E4E1AA #AAE4E1 #E1AAE4

tetradic

#E4E1AA #AAE4C4 #AAADE4 #E4AACA

square

#E4E1AA #AAE4C4 #AAADE4 #E4AACA

split-complementary

#E4E1AA #AACAE4 #C4AAE4

monochromatic

#C6C04D #D5D17C #E4E1AA #F3F1D8 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E1AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#E4E1AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E1AA

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E1AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E1AA	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDDA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECE0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e1aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.072 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeac3',
    500: '#e4e1aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e1aa;
$custom-light: #edeac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e1aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89876,
    "c": 0.07155,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E1AA

secondary

#7478BE

accent

#2EBF26

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E1AA

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

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