#E4E79F#E4E79F

#E4E79F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.092 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E79F
RGB	rgb(228, 231, 159)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(63, 31%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 31.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.93, -11.98, 34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.93, 36.81, 108.99°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.0317 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.092 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.8291, 76.1500, 43.9721)
Luminance	0.7615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E79F #A29FE7

analogous

#E7C69F #E4E79F #C0E79F

triadic

#E4E79F #9FE4E7 #E79FE4

tetradic

#E4E79F #9FE7C6 #A29FE7 #E79FC0

square

#E4E79F #9FE7C6 #A29FE7 #E79FC0

split-complementary

#E4E79F #9FC0E7 #C69FE7

monochromatic

#C8CF3D #D6DB6E #E4E79F #F2F3D0 #F8F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E4E79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#E4E79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E79F

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E79F	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E3A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 231, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.092 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeebc',
    500: '#e4e79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e79f;
$custom-light: #edeebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90895,
    "c": 0.09216,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E79F

secondary

#6C69C2

accent

#1EC825

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E79F

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

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