#E4E4AF#E4E4AF

#E4E4AF is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.069 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E4AF
RGB	rgb(228, 228, 175)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(60, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 23.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.43, -8.40, 25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.43, 27.28, 107.92°)
OKLab	oklab(90.59% -0.021 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(90.59% 0.069 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.4760, 75.0768, 51.4858)
Luminance	0.7508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E4AF #AFAFE4

analogous

#E4CAAF #E4E4AF #CAE4AF

triadic

#E4E4AF #AFE4E4 #E4AFE4

tetradic

#E4E4AF #AFE4CA #AFAFE4 #E4AFCA

square

#E4E4AF #AFE4CA #AFAFE4 #E4AFCA

split-complementary

#E4E4AF #AFCAE4 #CAAFE4

monochromatic

#C5C553 #D5D581 #E4E4AF #F3F3DD #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#E4E4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E4AF

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E4AF	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEE2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 228, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.069 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edecc7',
    500: '#e4e4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e4af;
$custom-light: #edecc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90589,
    "c": 0.06902,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E4AF

secondary

#7979BE

accent

#29BD29

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E4AF

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

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