#E4E79A#E4E79A

#E4E79A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.098 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E79A
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 154)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(62, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 33.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.85, -12.58, 37.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.85, 39.29, 108.68°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.0337 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.098 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.4040, 75.9799, 41.7331)
Luminance	0.7598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E79A #9D9AE7

analogous

#E7C39A #E4E79A #BDE79A

triadic

#E4E79A #9AE4E7 #E79AE4

tetradic

#E4E79A #9AE7C3 #9D9AE7 #E79ABD

square

#E4E79A #9AE7C3 #9D9AE7 #E79ABD

split-complementary

#E4E79A #9ABDE7 #C39AE7

monochromatic

#CACF37 #D7DB69 #E4E79A #F1F3CB #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#E4E79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E79A

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E79A	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)

#F3E195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.098 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeeb8',
    500: '#e4e79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e79a;
$custom-light: #edeeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.338,
    "s": 61.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90807,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E79A

secondary

#6764C1

accent

#1CC923

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E79A

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

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