#E4E49B#E4E49B

#E4E49B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.093 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E49B
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 155)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(60, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 32%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.09, -10.97, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.09, 37.36, 107.07°)
OKLab	oklab(90.21% -0.029 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(90.21% 0.093 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.6552, 74.3485, 41.8960)
Luminance	0.7435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E49B #9B9BE4

analogous

#E4BF9B #E4E49B #BFE49B

triadic

#E4E49B #9BE4E4 #E49BE4

tetradic

#E4E49B #9BE4BF #9B9BE4 #E49BBF

square

#E4E49B #9BE4BF #9B9BE4 #E49BBF

split-complementary

#E4E49B #9BBFE4 #BF9BE4

monochromatic

#CACA3B #D7D76B #E4E49B #F1F1CB #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E49B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#E4E49B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E49B

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E49B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E49B	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e49b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.093 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecb9',
    500: '#e4e49b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e49b;
$custom-light: #edecb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e49b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90206,
    "c": 0.09319,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E49B

secondary

#6666BE

accent

#20C520

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E49B

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

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