#E4E49C#E4E49C

#E4E49C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.092 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E49C
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 156)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(60, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 31.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.10, -10.85, 35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.10, 36.86, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.0286 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.092 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.7395, 74.3822, 42.3402)
Luminance	0.7438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E49C #9C9CE4

analogous

#E4C09C #E4E49C #C0E49C

triadic

#E4E49C #9CE4E4 #E49CE4

tetradic

#E4E49C #9CE4C0 #9C9CE4 #E49CC0

square

#E4E49C #9CE4C0 #9C9CE4 #E49CC0

split-complementary

#E4E49C #9CC0E4 #C09CE4

monochromatic

#CACA3C #D7D76C #E4E49C #F1F1CC #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#E4E49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E49C

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E49C	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)

#EFDE97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.092 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecba',
    500: '#e4e49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e49c;
$custom-light: #edecba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90224,
    "c": 0.09202,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E49C

secondary

#6767BE

accent

#21C521

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E49C

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

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