#E4E8A1#E4E8A1

#E4E8A1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.091 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8A1
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 161)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(63, 31%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 30.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.22, -12.23, 34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.22, 36.30, 109.69°)
OKLab	oklab(91.14% -0.0323 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(91.14% 0.091 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.2848, 76.7813, 44.9870)
Luminance	0.7678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8A1 #A5A1E8

analogous

#E8C9A1 #E4E8A1 #C1E8A1

triadic

#E4E8A1 #A1E4E8 #E8A1E4

tetradic

#E4E8A1 #A1E8C9 #A5A1E8 #E8A1C1

square

#E4E8A1 #A1E8C9 #A5A1E8 #E8A1C1

split-complementary

#E4E8A1 #A1C1E8 #C9A1E8

monochromatic

#C8D03F #D6DC70 #E4E8A1 #F2F4D2 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#E4E8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8A1

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8A1	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E29C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E4A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.091 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefbd',
    500: '#e4e8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8a1;
$custom-light: #edefbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.38,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91138,
    "c": 0.09105,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8A1

secondary

#6F6AC3

accent

#1DC827

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8A1

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

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