#E4E2A8#E4E2A8

#E4E2A8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.075 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2A8
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 168)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(58, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 26.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.79, -8.33, 28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.79, 29.87, 106.19°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.0209 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.075 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.2593, 73.7149, 47.7761)
Luminance	0.7371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2A8 #A8AAE4

analogous

#E4C4A8 #E4E2A8 #C8E4A8

triadic

#E4E2A8 #A8E4E2 #E2A8E4

tetradic

#E4E2A8 #A8E4C4 #A8AAE4 #E4A8C8

square

#E4E2A8 #A8E4C4 #A8AAE4 #E4A8C8

split-complementary

#E4E2A8 #A8C8E4 #C4A8E4

monochromatic

#C7C34B #D6D279 #E4E2A8 #F2F2D7 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E2A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#E4E2A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2A8

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2A8	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDDA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.075 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebc2',
    500: '#e4e2a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2a8;
$custom-light: #edebc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9004,
    "c": 0.0752,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2A8

secondary

#7275BE

accent

#2BC025

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2A8

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

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