#E4E2AE#E4E2AE

#E4E2AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.068 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2AE
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 174)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(58, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 23.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -7.52, 25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 26.82, 106.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.16% -0.0185 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(90.16% 0.068 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.8312, 73.9436, 50.7881)
Luminance	0.7394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2AE #AEB0E4

analogous

#E4C7AE #E4E2AE #CBE4AE

triadic

#E4E2AE #AEE4E2 #E2AEE4

tetradic

#E4E2AE #AEE4C7 #AEB0E4 #E4AECB

square

#E4E2AE #AEE4C7 #AEB0E4 #E4AECB

split-complementary

#E4E2AE #AECBE4 #C7AEE4

monochromatic

#C5C152 #D5D280 #E4E2AE #F3F2DC #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#E4E2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2AE

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2AE	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDEAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.068 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebc6',
    500: '#e4e2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2ae;
$custom-light: #edebc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90161,
    "c": 0.06781,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2AE

secondary

#787BBE

accent

#2EBD28

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2AE

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

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