#E4E1AE#E4E1AE

#E4E1AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.067 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E1AE
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 174)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(57, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 23.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.64, -7.02, 25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.64, 26.35, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0171 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.067 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.5600, 73.4014, 50.6977)
Luminance	0.7340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E1AE #AEB1E4

analogous

#E4C6AE #E4E1AE #CCE4AE

triadic

#E4E1AE #AEE4E1 #E1AEE4

tetradic

#E4E1AE #AEE4C6 #AEB1E4 #E4AECC

square

#E4E1AE #AEE4C6 #AEB1E4 #E4AECC

split-complementary

#E4E1AE #AECCE4 #C6AEE4

monochromatic

#C5BF52 #D5D080 #E4E1AE #F3F2DC #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E1AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#E4E1AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E1AE

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E1AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E1AE	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EADDAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECE0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e1ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.067 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeac6',
    500: '#e4e1ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e1ae;
$custom-light: #edeac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e1ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89958,
    "c": 0.0666,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E1AE

secondary

#787CBE

accent

#30BD28

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E1AE

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

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