#E4E8AE#E4E8AE

#E4E8AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.075 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8AE
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 174)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(64, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 25%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.44, -10.54, 27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.44, 29.78, 110.73°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.0271 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.075 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.4913, 77.2639, 51.3415)
Luminance	0.7726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8AE #B2AEE8

analogous

#E8CFAE #E4E8AE #C7E8AE

triadic

#E4E8AE #AEE4E8 #E8AEE4

tetradic

#E4E8AE #AEE8CF #B2AEE8 #E8AEC7

square

#E4E8AE #AEE8CF #B2AEE8 #E8AEC7

split-complementary

#E4E8AE #AEC7E8 #CFAEE8

monochromatic

#C4CD4F #D4DA7E #E4E8AE #F4F6DE #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E4E8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#E4E8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8AE

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8AE	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.075 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefc6',
    500: '#e4e8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8ae;
$custom-light: #edefc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91387,
    "c": 0.07536,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8AE

secondary

#7C77C3

accent

#22C32D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8AE

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

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