#E4E4AA#E4E4AA

#E4E4AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.075 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E4AA
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 170)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(60, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 25.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.34, -9.07, 28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.34, 29.82, 107.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.49% -0.023 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(90.49% 0.075 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.9940, 74.8840, 48.9473)
Luminance	0.7488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E4AA #AAAAE4

analogous

#E4C7AA #E4E4AA #C7E4AA

triadic

#E4E4AA #AAE4E4 #E4AAE4

tetradic

#E4E4AA #AAE4C7 #AAAAE4 #E4AAC7

square

#E4E4AA #AAE4C7 #AAAAE4 #E4AAC7

split-complementary

#E4E4AA #AAC7E4 #C7AAE4

monochromatic

#C6C64D #D5D57C #E4E4AA #F3F3D8 #F8F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#E4E4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E4AA

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E4AA	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDFA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.075 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecc3',
    500: '#e4e4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e4aa;
$custom-light: #edecc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90488,
    "c": 0.07519,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E4AA

secondary

#7474BE

accent

#26BF26

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E4AA

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

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