#E4E6AE#E4E6AE

#E4E6AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.073 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E6AE
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 174)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(62, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 24.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.93, -9.54, 27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.93, 28.78, 109.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.98% -0.0242 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(90.98% 0.073 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.9315, 76.1444, 51.1549)
Luminance	0.7614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E6AE #B0AEE6

analogous

#E6CCAE #E4E6AE #C8E6AE

triadic

#E4E6AE #AEE4E6 #E6AEE4

tetradic

#E4E6AE #AEE6CC #B0AEE6 #E6AEC8

square

#E4E6AE #AEE6CC #B0AEE6 #E6AEC8

split-complementary

#E4E6AE #AEC8E6 #CCAEE6

monochromatic

#C5C950 #D4D87F #E4E6AE #F4F4DD #F7F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#E4E6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E6AE

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E6AE	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECDFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.073 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededc6',
    500: '#e4e6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e6ae;
$custom-light: #ededc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90977,
    "c": 0.07279,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E6AE

secondary

#7A78C1

accent

#25C02B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E6AE

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

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