#E4E79C#E4E79C

#E4E79C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.096 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E79C
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 156)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(62, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 32.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.88, -12.35, 36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.88, 38.30, 108.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.84% -0.0329 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(90.84% 0.096 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.5720, 76.0471, 42.6176)
Luminance	0.7605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E79C #9F9CE7

analogous

#E7C49C #E4E79C #BEE79C

triadic

#E4E79C #9CE4E7 #E79CE4

tetradic

#E4E79C #9CE7C4 #9F9CE7 #E79CBE

square

#E4E79C #9CE7C4 #9F9CE7 #E79CBE

split-complementary

#E4E79C #9CBEE7 #C49CE7

monochromatic

#C9CF39 #D7DB6B #E4E79C #F1F3CD #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#E4E79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E79C

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E79C	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.096 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeeba',
    500: '#e4e79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e79c;
$custom-light: #edeeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90842,
    "c": 0.09568,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E79C

secondary

#6966C1

accent

#1DC924

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E79C

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

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