#E4E2A4#E4E2A4

#E4E2A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.080 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2A4
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 164)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 28.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -8.85, 30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 31.90, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0225 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.08 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.8923, 73.5681, 45.8437)
Luminance	0.7357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2A4 #A4A6E4

analogous

#E4C2A4 #E4E2A4 #C6E4A4

triadic

#E4E2A4 #A4E4E2 #E2A4E4

tetradic

#E4E2A4 #A4E4C2 #A4A6E4 #E4A4C6

square

#E4E2A4 #A4E4C2 #A4A6E4 #E4A4C6

split-complementary

#E4E2A4 #A4C6E4 #C2A4E4

monochromatic

#C8C446 #D6D375 #E4E2A4 #F2F1D3 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E2A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#E4E2A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2A4

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2A4	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)

#ECDDA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEE0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.080 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebbf',
    500: '#e4e2a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2a4;
$custom-light: #edebbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89962,
    "c": 0.08007,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2A4

secondary

#6E71BE

accent

#29C224

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2A4

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

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