#E4E8A9#E4E8A9

#E4E8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.081 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8A9
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 169)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(64, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 27.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.36, -11.21, 30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.36, 32.30, 110.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.29% -0.0291 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(91.29% 0.081 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.0129, 77.0726, 48.8220)
Luminance	0.7707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8A9 #ADA9E8

analogous

#E8CCA9 #E4E8A9 #C4E8A9

triadic

#E4E8A9 #A9E4E8 #E8A9E4

tetradic

#E4E8A9 #A9E8CC #ADA9E8 #E8A9C4

square

#E4E8A9 #A9E8CC #ADA9E8 #E8A9C4

split-complementary

#E4E8A9 #A9C4E8 #CCA9E8

monochromatic

#C6CE48 #D5DB79 #E4E8A9 #F3F5D9 #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#E4E8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8A9

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8A9	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)

#F2E2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.081 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefc3',
    500: '#e4e8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8a9;
$custom-light: #edefc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.81,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91288,
    "c": 0.08147,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8A9

secondary

#7772C3

accent

#20C52B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8A9

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

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