#E4E8A4#E4E8A4

#E4E8A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.087 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8A4
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 164)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(64, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 29.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.27, -11.85, 32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.27, 34.80, 109.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.19% -0.0311 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(91.19% 0.087 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.5525, 76.8884, 46.3971)
Luminance	0.7689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8A4 #A8A4E8

analogous

#E8CAA4 #E4E8A4 #C2E8A4

triadic

#E4E8A4 #A4E4E8 #E8A4E4

tetradic

#E4E8A4 #A4E8CA #A8A4E8 #E8A4C2

square

#E4E8A4 #A4E8CA #A8A4E8 #E8A4C2

split-complementary

#E4E8A4 #A4C2E8 #CAA4E8

monochromatic

#C7CF42 #D6DC73 #E4E8A4 #F2F4D5 #F8F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#E4E8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8A4

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8A4	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E29F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E4A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.087 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefbf',
    500: '#e4e8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8a4;
$custom-light: #edefbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91193,
    "c": 0.08748,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8A4

secondary

#726DC3

accent

#1EC728

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8A4

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

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