#E4E5AE#E4E5AE

#E4E5AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.072 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E5AE
RGB	rgb(228, 229, 174)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(61, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 24%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.67, -9.04, 26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.67, 28.28, 108.63°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0228 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.072 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.6541, 75.5894, 51.0624)
Luminance	0.7559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E5AE #AFAEE5

analogous

#E5CBAE #E4E5AE #C9E5AE

triadic

#E4E5AE #AEE4E5 #E5AEE4

tetradic

#E4E5AE #AEE5CB #AFAEE5 #E5AEC9

square

#E4E5AE #AEE5CB #AFAEE5 #E5AEC9

split-complementary

#E4E5AE #AEC9E5 #CBAEE5

monochromatic

#C5C751 #D5D680 #E4E5AE #F3F4DC #F7F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#E4E5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E5AE

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E5AE	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEE0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.072 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededc6',
    500: '#e4e5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e5ae;
$custom-light: #ededc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.091,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90773,
    "c": 0.07152,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E5AE

secondary

#7978BF

accent

#27BF29

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E5AE

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

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