#E4E8B2#E4E8B2

#E4E8B2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.070 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E8B2
RGB	rgb(228, 232, 178)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(64, 23%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 23.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.52, -9.99, 25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.52, 27.76, 111.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.47% -0.0255 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(91.47% 0.07 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.8871, 77.4222, 53.4258)
Luminance	0.7742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E8B2 #B6B2E8

analogous

#E8D1B2 #E4E8B2 #C9E8B2

triadic

#E4E8B2 #B2E4E8 #E8B2E4

tetradic

#E4E8B2 #B2E8D1 #B6B2E8 #E8B2C9

square

#E4E8B2 #B2E8D1 #B6B2E8 #E8B2C9

split-complementary

#E4E8B2 #B2C9E8 #D1B2E8

monochromatic

#C3CC54 #D3DA83 #E4E8B2 #F5F6E1 #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E4E8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#E4E8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E8B2

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E8B2	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBE1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 232, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.070 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edefc9',
    500: '#e4e8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e8b2;
$custom-light: #edefc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91468,
    "c": 0.07042,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E8B2

secondary

#807BC3

accent

#24C130

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E8B2

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

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