#E4E8AC#E4E8AC

#E4E8AC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.078 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8AC
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 172)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(64, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 25.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.41, -10.81, 28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.41, 30.79, 110.55°)
OKLab	oklab(91.35% -0.0279 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(91.35% 0.078 111)
XYZ	xyz(68.2978, 77.1865, 50.3223)
Luminance	0.7719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8AC #B0ACE8

analogous

#E8CEAC #E4E8AC #C6E8AC

triadic

#E4E8AC #ACE4E8 #E8ACE4

tetradic

#E4E8AC #ACE8CE #B0ACE8 #E8ACC6

square

#E4E8AC #ACE8CE #B0ACE8 #E8ACC6

split-complementary

#E4E8AC #ACC6E8 #CEACE8

monochromatic

#C5CD4C #D4DB7C #E4E8AC #F4F5DC #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#E4E8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8AC

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8AC	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.078 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefc5',
    500: '#e4e8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8ac;
$custom-light: #edefc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91347,
    "c": 0.07782,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.77186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8AC

secondary

#7A75C3

accent

#21C42C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8AC

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

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