#E4E79D#E4E79D

#E4E79D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.095 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E79D
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 157)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(62, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 32%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.90, -12.22, 35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.90, 37.80, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(90.86% -0.0325 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(90.86% 0.095 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.6570, 76.0811, 43.0654)
Luminance	0.7608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E79D #A09DE7

analogous

#E7C59D #E4E79D #BFE79D

triadic

#E4E79D #9DE4E7 #E79DE4

tetradic

#E4E79D #9DE7C5 #A09DE7 #E79DBF

square

#E4E79D #9DE7C5 #A09DE7 #E79DBF

split-complementary

#E4E79D #9DBFE7 #C59DE7

monochromatic

#C9CF3B #D6DB6C #E4E79D #F2F3CE #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E4E79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#E4E79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E79D

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E79D	1.00	1.30	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.095 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeeba',
    500: '#e4e79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e79d;
$custom-light: #edeeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.432,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9086,
    "c": 0.09451,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E79D

secondary

#6A67C1

accent

#1DC824

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E79D

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

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