#E4E49A#E4E49A

#E4E49A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.094 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E49A
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 154)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(60, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 32.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -11.09, 36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 37.86, 107.03°)
OKLab	oklab(90.19% -0.0294 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(90.19% 0.094 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.5715, 74.3150, 41.4556)
Luminance	0.7431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E49A #9A9AE4

analogous

#E4BF9A #E4E49A #BFE49A

triadic

#E4E49A #9AE4E4 #E49AE4

tetradic

#E4E49A #9AE4BF #9A9AE4 #E49ABF

square

#E4E49A #9AE4BF #9A9AE4 #E49ABF

split-complementary

#E4E49A #9ABFE4 #BF9AE4

monochromatic

#CACA39 #D7D76A #E4E49A #F1F1CA #F9F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#E4E49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E49A

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E49A	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.094 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecb8',
    500: '#e4e49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e49a;
$custom-light: #edecb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90188,
    "c": 0.09435,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E49A

secondary

#6565BE

accent

#20C520

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E49A

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

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