#E4E6B2#E4E6B2

#E4E6B2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.068 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E6B2
RGB	rgb(228, 230, 178)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(62, 23%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 22.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.00, -8.99, 25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.00, 26.75, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(91.06% -0.0226 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(91.06% 0.068 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.3273, 76.3027, 53.2393)
Luminance	0.7630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E6B2 #B4B2E6

analogous

#E6CEB2 #E4E6B2 #CAE6B2

triadic

#E4E6B2 #B2E4E6 #E6B2E4

tetradic

#E4E6B2 #B2E6CE #B4B2E6 #E6B2CA

square

#E4E6B2 #B2E6CE #B4B2E6 #E6B2CA

split-complementary

#E4E6B2 #B2CAE6 #CEB2E6

monochromatic

#C4C856 #D4D784 #E4E6B2 #F4F5E0 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E6B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#E4E6B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E6B2

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E6B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E6B2	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 230, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.068 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ededc9',
    500: '#e4e6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e6b2;
$custom-light: #ededc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9106,
    "c": 0.06782,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E6B2

secondary

#7E7CC1

accent

#27BE2D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E6B2

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

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