#E4E29C#E4E29C

#E4E29C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.090 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E29C
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 156)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(58, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 31.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.58, -9.85, 34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.58, 35.92, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.81% -0.0257 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(89.81% 0.09 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.1925, 73.2882, 42.1578)
Luminance	0.7329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E29C #9C9EE4

analogous

#E4BE9C #E4E29C #C2E49C

triadic

#E4E29C #9CE4E2 #E29CE4

tetradic

#E4E29C #9CE4BE #9C9EE4 #E49CC2

square

#E4E29C #9CE4BE #9C9EE4 #E49CC2

split-complementary

#E4E29C #9CC2E4 #BE9CE4

monochromatic

#CAC63C #D7D46C #E4E29C #F1F0CC #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E29C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E4E29C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E29C

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E29C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E29C	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EED9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e29c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.090 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebba',
    500: '#e4e29c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e29c;
$custom-light: #edebba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e29c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89813,
    "c": 0.08963,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E29C

secondary

#6769BE

accent

#25C521

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E29C

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

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