#E4E49F#E4E49F

#E4E49F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.088 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E49F
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 159)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(60, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 30.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.15, -10.48, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.15, 35.36, 107.24°)
OKLab	oklab(90.28% -0.0274 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(90.28% 0.088 108)
XYZ	xyz(65.9967, 74.4851, 43.6946)
Luminance	0.7448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E49F #9F9FE4

analogous

#E4C19F #E4E49F #C1E49F

triadic

#E4E49F #9FE4E4 #E49FE4

tetradic

#E4E49F #9FE4C1 #9F9FE4 #E49FC1

square

#E4E49F #9FE4C1 #9F9FE4 #E49FC1

split-complementary

#E4E49F #9FC1E4 #C19FE4

monochromatic

#C9C93F #D7D76F #E4E49F #F1F1CF #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#E4E49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E49F

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E49F	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDE9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.088 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecbc',
    500: '#e4e49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e49f;
$custom-light: #edecbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90278,
    "c": 0.08847,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.74484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E49F

secondary

#6969BE

accent

#22C422

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E49F

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

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