#E4E2A5#E4E2A5

#E4E2A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.079 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2A5
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 165)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 27.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -8.72, 30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 31.39, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.0221 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.079 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.9830, 73.6044, 46.3212)
Luminance	0.7360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2A5 #A5A7E4

analogous

#E4C3A5 #E4E2A5 #C7E4A5

triadic

#E4E2A5 #A5E4E2 #E2A5E4

tetradic

#E4E2A5 #A5E4C3 #A5A7E4 #E4A5C7

square

#E4E2A5 #A5E4C3 #A5A7E4 #E4A5C7

split-complementary

#E4E2A5 #A5C7E4 #C3A5E4

monochromatic

#C8C447 #D6D376 #E4E2A5 #F2F1D4 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E2A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E4E2A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2A5

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2A5	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDDA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEE0A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.079 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebc0',
    500: '#e4e2a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2a5;
$custom-light: #edebc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89981,
    "c": 0.07886,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2A5

secondary

#6F72BE

accent

#29C124

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2A5

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

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