#E4E2AD#E4E2AD

#E4E2AD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.069 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2AD
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 173)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(58, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 24.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.88, -7.66, 26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.88, 27.33, 106.27°)
OKLab	oklab(90.14% -0.0189 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(90.14% 0.069 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.7340, 73.9048, 50.2766)
Luminance	0.7390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2AD #ADAFE4

analogous

#E4C6AD #E4E2AD #CAE4AD

triadic

#E4E2AD #ADE4E2 #E2ADE4

tetradic

#E4E2AD #ADE4C6 #ADAFE4 #E4ADCA

square

#E4E2AD #ADE4C6 #ADAFE4 #E4ADCA

split-complementary

#E4E2AD #ADCAE4 #C6ADE4

monochromatic

#C6C151 #D5D27F #E4E2AD #F3F2DB #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#E4E2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2AD

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2AD	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.069 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebc5',
    500: '#e4e2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2ad;
$custom-light: #edebc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90141,
    "c": 0.06904,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2AD

secondary

#777ABE

accent

#2DBE28

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2AD

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

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