#E4E9AA#E4E9AA

#E4E9AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.082 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E9AA
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 170)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(65, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 27%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.63, -11.57, 30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.63, 32.30, 111.00°)
OKLab	oklab(91.51% -0.0301 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(91.51% 0.082 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.3894, 77.6748, 49.4124)
Luminance	0.7767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E9AA #AFAAE9

analogous

#E9CFAA #E4E9AA #C5E9AA

triadic

#E4E9AA #AAE4E9 #E9AAE4

tetradic

#E4E9AA #AAE9CF #AFAAE9 #E9AAC5

square

#E4E9AA #AAE9CF #AFAAE9 #E9AAC5

split-complementary

#E4E9AA #AAC5E9 #CFAAE9

monochromatic

#C5D049 #D5DC79 #E4E9AA #F3F6DB #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E4E9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#E4E9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E9AA

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E9AA	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E3A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.082 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0c3',
    500: '#e4e9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e9aa;
$custom-light: #edf0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.762,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91513,
    "c": 0.08154,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E9AA

secondary

#7973C5

accent

#1FC72C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E9AA

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

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