#E4E8A6#E4E8A6

#E4E8A6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.085 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8A6
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 166)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(64, 28%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 28.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.30, -11.60, 31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.30, 33.80, 110.06°)
OKLab	oklab(91.23% -0.0303 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(91.23% 0.085 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.7345, 76.9612, 47.3558)
Luminance	0.7696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8A6 #AAA6E8

analogous

#E8CBA6 #E4E8A6 #C3E8A6

triadic

#E4E8A6 #A6E4E8 #E8A6E4

tetradic

#E4E8A6 #A6E8CB #AAA6E8 #E8A6C3

square

#E4E8A6 #A6E8CB #AAA6E8 #E8A6C3

split-complementary

#E4E8A6 #A6C3E8 #CBA6E8

monochromatic

#C6CF45 #D5DB75 #E4E8A6 #F3F5D7 #F8F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#E4E8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8A6

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8A6	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E4A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.085 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefc1',
    500: '#e4e8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8a6;
$custom-light: #edefc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.636,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91231,
    "c": 0.08509,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8A6

secondary

#746FC3

accent

#1FC729

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8A6

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

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