#E4E4A2#E4E4A2

#E4E4A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.085 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E4A2
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 162)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(60, 29%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 28.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.20, -10.11, 32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.20, 33.86, 107.37°)
OKLab	oklab(90.33% -0.0262 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(90.33% 0.085 108)
XYZ	xyz(66.2602, 74.5905, 45.0823)
Luminance	0.7459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E4A2 #A2A2E4

analogous

#E4C3A2 #E4E4A2 #C3E4A2

triadic

#E4E4A2 #A2E4E4 #E4A2E4

tetradic

#E4E4A2 #A2E4C3 #A2A2E4 #E4A2C3

square

#E4E4A2 #A2E4C3 #A2A2E4 #E4A2C3

split-complementary

#E4E4A2 #A2C3E4 #C3A2E4

monochromatic

#C8C843 #D6D673 #E4E4A2 #F2F2D1 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E4E4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#E4E4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E4A2

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E4A2	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDF9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E1A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.085 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecbe',
    500: '#e4e4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e4a2;
$custom-light: #edecbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90334,
    "c": 0.0849,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.74589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E4A2

secondary

#6C6CBE

accent

#23C323

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E4A2

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

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