#E4E2B9#E4E2B9

#E4E2B9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.054 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2B9
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 185)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(57, 19%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 18.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.11, -5.97, 20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.11, 21.20, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.4% -0.0141 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(90.4% 0.054 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.9477, 74.3903, 56.6688)
Luminance	0.7439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2B9 #B9BBE4

analogous

#E4CCB9 #E4E2B9 #D0E4B9

triadic

#E4E2B9 #B9E4E2 #E2B9E4

tetradic

#E4E2B9 #B9E4CC #B9BBE4 #E4B9D0

square

#E4E2B9 #B9E4CC #B9BBE4 #E4B9D0

split-complementary

#E4E2B9 #B9D0E4 #CCB9E4

monochromatic

#C2BD61 #D3D08D #E4E2B9 #F5F4E5 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E2B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#E4E2B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2B9

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2B9	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EADFB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBE1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.054 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecebce',
    500: '#e4e2b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2b9;
$custom-light: #ecebce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 44.33,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90397,
    "c": 0.05396,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2B9

secondary

#8386BE

accent

#34B72E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFA

border

#D5D5D3

text

#161613

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2B9

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

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