#E4E9A2#E4E9A2

#E4E9A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.091 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E9A2
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 162)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(64, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 30.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.50, -12.60, 34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.50, 36.30, 110.32°)
OKLab	oklab(91.36% -0.0333 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(91.36% 0.091 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.6556, 77.3813, 45.5474)
Luminance	0.7738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E9A2 #A7A2E9

analogous

#E9CAA2 #E4E9A2 #C1E9A2

triadic

#E4E9A2 #A2E4E9 #E9A2E4

tetradic

#E4E9A2 #A2E9CA #A7A2E9 #E9A2C1

square

#E4E9A2 #A2E9CA #A7A2E9 #E9A2C1

split-complementary

#E4E9A2 #A2C1E9 #CAA2E9

monochromatic

#C7D23F #D6DD71 #E4E9A2 #F2F5D3 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E4E9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#E4E9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E9A2

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E9A2	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)

#F4E39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E5A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.091 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0be',
    500: '#e4e9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e9a2;
$custom-light: #edf0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.225,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91362,
    "c": 0.09114,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E9A2

secondary

#716BC4

accent

#1CC928

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E9A2

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

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