#E4E79B#E4E79B

#E4E79B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.097 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E79B
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 155)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(62, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 32.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.87, -12.47, 36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.87, 38.80, 108.74°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0333 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.097 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.4876, 76.0134, 42.1735)
Luminance	0.7601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E79B #9E9BE7

analogous

#E7C49B #E4E79B #BEE79B

triadic

#E4E79B #9BE4E7 #E79BE4

tetradic

#E4E79B #9BE7C4 #9E9BE7 #E79BBE

square

#E4E79B #9BE7C4 #9E9BE7 #E79BBE

split-complementary

#E4E79B #9BBEE7 #C49BE7

monochromatic

#C9CF38 #D7DB6A #E4E79B #F1F3CC #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#E4E79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E79B

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E79B	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)

#F3E196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.097 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeeb9',
    500: '#e4e79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e79b;
$custom-light: #edeeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.368,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90824,
    "c": 0.09685,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E79B

secondary

#6865C1

accent

#1DC923

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E79B

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