#E4E49E#E4E49E

#E4E49E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.090 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E49E
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 158)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(60, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 30.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.14, -10.61, 34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.14, 35.86, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(90.26% -0.0278 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(90.26% 0.09 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.9103, 74.4505, 43.2394)
Luminance	0.7445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E49E #9E9EE4

analogous

#E4C19E #E4E49E #C1E49E

triadic

#E4E49E #9EE4E4 #E49EE4

tetradic

#E4E49E #9EE4C1 #9E9EE4 #E49EC1

square

#E4E49E #9EE4C1 #9E9EE4 #E49EC1

split-complementary

#E4E49E #9EC1E4 #C19EE4

monochromatic

#C9C93E #D7D76E #E4E49E #F1F1CE #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#E4E49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E49E

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E49E	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDE99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.090 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecbb',
    500: '#e4e49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e49e;
$custom-light: #edecbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9026,
    "c": 0.08966,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E49E

secondary

#6868BE

accent

#21C421

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E49E

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

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