#E4E2A2#E4E2A2

#E4E2A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.082 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2A2
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 162)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(58, 29%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 28.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.68, -9.10, 31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.68, 32.91, 106.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% -0.0233 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.082 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.7132, 73.4964, 44.8999)
Luminance	0.7349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2A2 #A2A4E4

analogous

#E4C1A2 #E4E2A2 #C5E4A2

triadic

#E4E2A2 #A2E4E2 #E2A2E4

tetradic

#E4E2A2 #A2E4C1 #A2A4E4 #E4A2C5

square

#E4E2A2 #A2E4C1 #A2A4E4 #E4A2C5

split-complementary

#E4E2A2 #A2C5E4 #C1A2E4

monochromatic

#C8C443 #D6D373 #E4E2A2 #F2F1D1 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#E4E2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2A2

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2A2	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDD9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEE0A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.082 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebbe',
    500: '#e4e2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2a2;
$custom-light: #edebbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89924,
    "c": 0.08248,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2A2

secondary

#6C6FBE

accent

#28C323

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2A2

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

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