#E4E2A3#E4E2A3

#E4E2A3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.081 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2A3
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 163)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 29%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 28.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.70, -8.98, 31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.70, 32.40, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(89.94% -0.0229 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(89.94% 0.081 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.8024, 73.5321, 45.3699)
Luminance	0.7353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2A3 #A3A5E4

analogous

#E4C2A3 #E4E2A3 #C6E4A3

triadic

#E4E2A3 #A3E4E2 #E2A3E4

tetradic

#E4E2A3 #A3E4C2 #A3A5E4 #E4A3C6

square

#E4E2A3 #A3E4C2 #A3A5E4 #E4A3C6

split-complementary

#E4E2A3 #A3C6E4 #C2A3E4

monochromatic

#C8C444 #D6D374 #E4E2A3 #F2F1D2 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E2A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#E4E2A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2A3

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2A3	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDD9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEE0A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.081 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebbe',
    500: '#e4e2a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2a3;
$custom-light: #edebbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.154,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89943,
    "c": 0.08128,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2A3

secondary

#6D70BE

accent

#28C223

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2A3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →