#E4E8A3#E4E8A3

#E4E8A3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.089 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8A3
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 163)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(63, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 29.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.25, -11.98, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.25, 35.30, 109.84°)
OKLab	oklab(91.18% -0.0315 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(91.18% 0.089 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.4625, 76.8524, 45.9233)
Luminance	0.7685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8A3 #A7A3E8

analogous

#E8C9A3 #E4E8A3 #C2E8A3

triadic

#E4E8A3 #A3E4E8 #E8A3E4

tetradic

#E4E8A3 #A3E8C9 #A7A3E8 #E8A3C2

square

#E4E8A3 #A3E8C9 #A7A3E8 #E8A3C2

split-complementary

#E4E8A3 #A3C2E8 #C9A3E8

monochromatic

#C7D041 #D6DC72 #E4E8A3 #F2F4D4 #F8F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#E4E8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8A3

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8A3	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E4A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.089 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefbf',
    500: '#e4e8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8a3;
$custom-light: #edefbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.478,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91175,
    "c": 0.08868,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8A3

secondary

#716CC3

accent

#1EC828

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8A3

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

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