#E4E2A0#E4E2A0

#E4E2A0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.085 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2A0
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 160)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(58, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 29.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.65, -9.35, 32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.65, 33.92, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(89.89% -0.0241 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(89.89% 0.085 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.5368, 73.4259, 43.9711)
Luminance	0.7342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2A0 #A0A2E4

analogous

#E4C0A0 #E4E2A0 #C4E4A0

triadic

#E4E2A0 #A0E4E2 #E2A0E4

tetradic

#E4E2A0 #A0E4C0 #A0A2E4 #E4A0C4

square

#E4E2A0 #A0E4C0 #A0A2E4 #E4A0C4

split-complementary

#E4E2A0 #A0C4E4 #C0A0E4

monochromatic

#C9C541 #D6D370 #E4E2A0 #F2F1D0 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E2A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#E4E2A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2A0

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2A0	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)

#EDDD9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE0A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.085 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebbc',
    500: '#e4e2a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2a0;
$custom-light: #edebbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89886,
    "c": 0.08488,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2A0

secondary

#6A6DBE

accent

#27C322

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2A0

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

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