#E4E79E#E4E79E

#E4E79E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.093 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E79E
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 158)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(62, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 31.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.91, -12.10, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.91, 37.31, 108.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.88% -0.0321 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(90.88% 0.093 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.7427, 76.1154, 43.5169)
Luminance	0.7611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E79E #A19EE7

analogous

#E7C69E #E4E79E #C0E79E

triadic

#E4E79E #9EE4E7 #E79EE4

tetradic

#E4E79E #9EE7C6 #A19EE7 #E79EC0

square

#E4E79E #9EE7C6 #A19EE7 #E79EC0

split-complementary

#E4E79E #9EC0E7 #C69EE7

monochromatic

#C9CF3C #D6DB6D #E4E79E #F2F3CF #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#E4E79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E79E

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E79E	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	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)

#F2E199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.093 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeebb',
    500: '#e4e79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e79e;
$custom-light: #edeebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.466,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90877,
    "c": 0.09334,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E79E

secondary

#6B68C2

accent

#1DC825

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E79E

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

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