#E4E2B4#E4E2B4

#E4E2B4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.060 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2B4
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 180)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(58, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 21.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.01, -6.69, 22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.01, 23.76, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.29% -0.0161 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(90.29% 0.06 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.4292, 74.1829, 53.9377)
Luminance	0.7418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2B4 #B4B6E4

analogous

#E4CAB4 #E4E2B4 #CEE4B4

triadic

#E4E2B4 #B4E4E2 #E2B4E4

tetradic

#E4E2B4 #B4E4CA #B4B6E4 #E4B4CE

square

#E4E2B4 #B4E4CA #B4B6E4 #E4B4CE

split-complementary

#E4E2B4 #B4CEE4 #CAB4E4

monochromatic

#C4BF5A #D4D187 #E4E2B4 #F4F3E1 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#E4E2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2B4

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2B4	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EADEB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECE1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.060 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebca',
    500: '#e4e2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2b4;
$custom-light: #edebca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90288,
    "c": 0.0603,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2B4

secondary

#7E81BE

accent

#31BA2B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2B4

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

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