#E4E2AA#E4E2AA

#E4E2AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.073 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2AA
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 170)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(58, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 25.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.82, -8.06, 27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.82, 28.86, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(90.08% -0.0201 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(90.08% 0.073 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.4470, 73.7900, 48.7649)
Luminance	0.7379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2AA #AAACE4

analogous

#E4C5AA #E4E2AA #C9E4AA

triadic

#E4E2AA #AAE4E2 #E2AAE4

tetradic

#E4E2AA #AAE4C5 #AAACE4 #E4AAC9

square

#E4E2AA #AAE4C5 #AAACE4 #E4AAC9

split-complementary

#E4E2AA #AAC9E4 #C5AAE4

monochromatic

#C6C24D #D5D27C #E4E2AA #F3F2D8 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E4E2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2AA

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2AA	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDDA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.073 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebc3',
    500: '#e4e2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2aa;
$custom-light: #edebc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9008,
    "c": 0.07275,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2AA

secondary

#7477BE

accent

#2CBF26

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2AA

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

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