#E4E8A5#E4E8A5

#E4E8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.086 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8A5
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 165)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(64, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 28.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.29, -11.73, 32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.29, 34.30, 109.99°)
OKLab	oklab(91.21% -0.0307 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(91.21% 0.086 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.6431, 76.9247, 46.8745)
Luminance	0.7692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8A5 #A9A5E8

analogous

#E8CAA5 #E4E8A5 #C2E8A5

triadic

#E4E8A5 #A5E4E8 #E8A5E4

tetradic

#E4E8A5 #A5E8CA #A9A5E8 #E8A5C2

square

#E4E8A5 #A5E8CA #A9A5E8 #E8A5C2

split-complementary

#E4E8A5 #A5C2E8 #CAA5E8

monochromatic

#C7CF44 #D5DC74 #E4E8A5 #F3F4D6 #F8F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#E4E8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8A5

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8A5	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)

#F2E2A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E4A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.086 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefc0',
    500: '#e4e8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8a5;
$custom-light: #edefc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.582,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91212,
    "c": 0.08628,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8A5

secondary

#736EC3

accent

#1FC729

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8A5

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

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