#E4E8A2#E4E8A2

#E4E8A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.090 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8A2
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 162)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(63, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 30.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.24, -12.11, 33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.24, 35.80, 109.76°)
OKLab	oklab(91.16% -0.0319 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(91.16% 0.09 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.3733, 76.8167, 45.4533)
Luminance	0.7682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8A2 #A6A2E8

analogous

#E8C9A2 #E4E8A2 #C1E8A2

triadic

#E4E8A2 #A2E4E8 #E8A2E4

tetradic

#E4E8A2 #A2E8C9 #A6A2E8 #E8A2C1

square

#E4E8A2 #A2E8C9 #A6A2E8 #E8A2C1

split-complementary

#E4E8A2 #A2C1E8 #C9A2E8

monochromatic

#C8D040 #D6DC71 #E4E8A2 #F2F4D3 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#E4E8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8A2

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8A2	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)

#F3E29D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E4A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.090 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefbe',
    500: '#e4e8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8a2;
$custom-light: #edefbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91156,
    "c": 0.08987,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8A2

secondary

#706BC3

accent

#1DC827

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8A2

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

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