#E4E8AA#E4E8AA

#E4E8AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.080 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8AA
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 170)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(64, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 26.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.37, -11.08, 29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.37, 31.80, 110.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.31% -0.0287 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(91.31% 0.08 111)
XYZ	xyz(68.1072, 77.1103, 49.3183)
Luminance	0.7711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8AA #AEAAE8

analogous

#E8CDAA #E4E8AA #C5E8AA

triadic

#E4E8AA #AAE4E8 #E8AAE4

tetradic

#E4E8AA #AAE8CD #AEAAE8 #E8AAC5

square

#E4E8AA #AAE8CD #AEAAE8 #E8AAC5

split-complementary

#E4E8AA #AAC5E8 #CDAAE8

monochromatic

#C5CE4A #D5DB7A #E4E8AA #F3F5DA #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#E4E8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8AA

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8AA	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.080 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefc3',
    500: '#e4e8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8aa;
$custom-light: #edefc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91308,
    "c": 0.08025,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.77109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8AA

secondary

#7873C3

accent

#21C52B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8AA

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

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