#E4E4AE#E4E4AE

#E4E4AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.070 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E4AE
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 174)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(60, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 23.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.41, -8.53, 26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.41, 27.79, 107.88°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.0214 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.07 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.3782, 75.0377, 50.9704)
Luminance	0.7504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E4AE #AEAEE4

analogous

#E4C9AE #E4E4AE #C9E4AE

triadic

#E4E4AE #AEE4E4 #E4AEE4

tetradic

#E4E4AE #AEE4C9 #AEAEE4 #E4AEC9

square

#E4E4AE #AEE4C9 #AEAEE4 #E4AEC9

split-complementary

#E4E4AE #AEC9E4 #C9AEE4

monochromatic

#C5C552 #D5D580 #E4E4AE #F3F3DC #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#E4E4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E4AE

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E4AE	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEE2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.070 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecc6',
    500: '#e4e4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e4ae;
$custom-light: #edecc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90569,
    "c": 0.07026,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E4AE

secondary

#7878BE

accent

#28BD28

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E4AE

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

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