#E4E8A0#E4E8A0

#E4E8A0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.092 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8A0
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 160)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(63, 31%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 31%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.20, -12.35, 34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.20, 36.80, 109.62°)
OKLab	oklab(91.12% -0.0327 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(91.12% 0.092 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.1969, 76.7462, 44.5245)
Luminance	0.7674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8A0 #A4A0E8

analogous

#E8C8A0 #E4E8A0 #C0E8A0

triadic

#E4E8A0 #A0E4E8 #E8A0E4

tetradic

#E4E8A0 #A0E8C8 #A4A0E8 #E8A0C0

square

#E4E8A0 #A0E8C8 #A4A0E8 #E8A0C0

split-complementary

#E4E8A0 #A0C0E8 #C8A0E8

monochromatic

#C8D03D #D6DC6F #E4E8A0 #F2F4D1 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#E4E8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8A0

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8A0	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E4A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.092 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefbc',
    500: '#e4e8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8a0;
$custom-light: #edefbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9112,
    "c": 0.09224,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8A0

secondary

#6E69C3

accent

#1DC926

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8A0

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

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