#E4E6AA#E4E6AA

#E4E6AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.078 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E6AA
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 170)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(62, 26%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 26.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.86, -10.07, 29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.86, 30.80, 109.09°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.0259 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.078 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.5474, 75.9908, 49.1317)
Luminance	0.7599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E6AA #ACAAE6

analogous

#E6CAAA #E4E6AA #C6E6AA

triadic

#E4E6AA #AAE4E6 #E6AAE4

tetradic

#E4E6AA #AAE6CA #ACAAE6 #E6AAC6

square

#E4E6AA #AAE6CA #ACAAE6 #E6AAC6

split-complementary

#E4E6AA #AAC6E6 #CAAAE6

monochromatic

#C6CA4B #D5D87B #E4E6AA #F3F4D9 #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#E4E6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E6AA

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E6AA	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.078 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededc3',
    500: '#e4e6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e6aa;
$custom-light: #ededc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90897,
    "c": 0.0777,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E6AA

secondary

#7674C1

accent

#23C229

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E6AA

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

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