#E4E6A2#E4E6A2

#E4E6A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.087 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E6A2
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 162)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(62, 30%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 29.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -11.11, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 34.82, 108.60°)
OKLab	oklab(90.74% -0.0291 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(90.74% 0.087 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.8135, 75.6972, 45.2667)
Luminance	0.7570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E6A2 #A4A2E6

analogous

#E6C6A2 #E4E6A2 #C2E6A2

triadic

#E4E6A2 #A2E4E6 #E6A2E4

tetradic

#E4E6A2 #A2E6C6 #A4A2E6 #E6A2C2

square

#E4E6A2 #A2E6C6 #A4A2E6 #E6A2C2

split-complementary

#E4E6A2 #A2C2E6 #C6A2E6

monochromatic

#C8CC42 #D6D972 #E4E6A2 #F2F3D2 #F8F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E6A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#E4E6A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E6A2

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E6A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E6A2	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E3A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e6a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.087 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededbe',
    500: '#e4e6a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e6a2;
$custom-light: #ededbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e6a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90744,
    "c": 0.08736,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E6A2

secondary

#6E6CC0

accent

#20C525

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E6A2

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

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