#E4E49D#E4E49D

#E4E49D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.091 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E49D
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 157)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(60, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 31.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.12, -10.73, 34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.12, 36.36, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(90.24% -0.0282 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(90.24% 0.091 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.8245, 74.4162, 42.7879)
Luminance	0.7441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E49D #9D9DE4

analogous

#E4C09D #E4E49D #C0E49D

triadic

#E4E49D #9DE4E4 #E49DE4

tetradic

#E4E49D #9DE4C0 #9D9DE4 #E49DC0

square

#E4E49D #9DE4C0 #9D9DE4 #E49DC0

split-complementary

#E4E49D #9DC0E4 #C09DE4

monochromatic

#CACA3D #D7D76D #E4E49D #F1F1CD #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#E4E49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E49D

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E49D	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)

#EFDE98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.091 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecba',
    500: '#e4e49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e49d;
$custom-light: #edecba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90242,
    "c": 0.09084,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E49D

secondary

#6767BE

accent

#21C421

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E49D

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

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