#E4E2A6#E4E2A6

#E4E2A6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.078 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2A6
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 166)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 27%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 27.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -8.59, 29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 30.89, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0217 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.078 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.0744, 73.6409, 46.8024)
Luminance	0.7364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2A6 #A6A8E4

analogous

#E4C3A6 #E4E2A6 #C7E4A6

triadic

#E4E2A6 #A6E4E2 #E2A6E4

tetradic

#E4E2A6 #A6E4C3 #A6A8E4 #E4A6C7

square

#E4E2A6 #A6E4C3 #A6A8E4 #E4A6C7

split-complementary

#E4E2A6 #A6C7E4 #C3A6E4

monochromatic

#C8C348 #D6D377 #E4E2A6 #F2F1D5 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E2A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#E4E2A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2A6

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2A6	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDDA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEE0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.078 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebc0',
    500: '#e4e2a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2a6;
$custom-light: #edebc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90001,
    "c": 0.07765,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2A6

secondary

#7073BE

accent

#2AC125

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2A6

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

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