#E4E8A8#E4E8A8

#E4E8A8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.083 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8A8
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 168)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(64, 28%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 27.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.34, -11.34, 30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.34, 32.80, 110.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.27% -0.0295 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(91.27% 0.083 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.9194, 77.0352, 48.3295)
Luminance	0.7703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8A8 #ACA8E8

analogous

#E8CCA8 #E4E8A8 #C4E8A8

triadic

#E4E8A8 #A8E4E8 #E8A8E4

tetradic

#E4E8A8 #A8E8CC #ACA8E8 #E8A8C4

square

#E4E8A8 #A8E8CC #ACA8E8 #E8A8C4

split-complementary

#E4E8A8 #A8C4E8 #CCA8E8

monochromatic

#C6CE47 #D5DB78 #E4E8A8 #F3F5D8 #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#E4E8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8A8

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8A8	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.083 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefc2',
    500: '#e4e8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8a8;
$custom-light: #edefc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91269,
    "c": 0.08268,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8A8

secondary

#7671C3

accent

#20C62A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8A8

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

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