#E4E5B2#E4E5B2
#E4E5B2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.067 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4E5B2 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 229, 178) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 50%, 80%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 22%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 22.3%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.74, -8.48, 24.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.74, 26.25, 108.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.86% -0.0212 0.0631) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.86% 0.067 108.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(68.0498, 75.7478, 53.1468) |
| Luminance | 0.7575 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Palegoldenrod
#EEE8AA
ΔE00 3.33
Beige (survey)
#E6DAA6
ΔE00 4.65
Vanilla
#F3E5AB
ΔE00 4.95
Egg Shell
#FFFCC4
ΔE00 5.20
Lemonchiffon
#FFFACD
ΔE00 5.42
Ecru
#FEFFCA
ΔE00 5.44
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4E5B2 #B3B2E5
analogous
#E5CCB2 #E4E5B2 #CBE5B2
triadic
#E4E5B2 #B2E4E5 #E5B2E4
tetradic
#E4E5B2 #B2E5CC #B3B2E5 #E5B2CB
square
#E4E5B2 #B2E5CC #B3B2E5 #E5B2CB
split-complementary
#E4E5B2 #B2CBE5 #CCB2E5
monochromatic
#C4C656 #D4D684 #E4E5B2 #F4F4E0 #F7F7E8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.30
#E4E5B2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.15
#E4E5B2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4E5B2
16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4E5B2 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4E5B2 | 1.00 | 1.30 | 16.15 | 16.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.30 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EEE0AF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EEE3B4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EBDFD7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E2E2E2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4e5b2; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 229, 178); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.067 108.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ededc9',
500: '#e4e5b2',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4e5b2; $custom-light: #ededc9; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4e5b2",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 229,
"b": 178
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.176,
"s": 49.515,
"l": 79.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90856,
"c": 0.06654,
"h": 108.6
},
"luminance": 0.75747
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4E5B2
secondary
#7D7CBF
accent
#29BD2C
background
#FFFEFD
surface
#FEFDF9
border
#D6D5D2
text
#161613
muted
#858482