#E4E9AB#E4E9AB

#E4E9AB is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.080 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E9AB
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 171)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(65, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 26.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.65, -11.44, 29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.65, 31.80, 111.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.53% -0.0297 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(91.53% 0.08 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.4844, 77.7128, 49.9125)
Luminance	0.7771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E9AB #B0ABE9

analogous

#E9CFAB #E4E9AB #C5E9AB

triadic

#E4E9AB #ABE4E9 #E9ABE4

tetradic

#E4E9AB #ABE9CF #B0ABE9 #E9ABC5

square

#E4E9AB #ABE9CF #B0ABE9 #E9ABC5

split-complementary

#E4E9AB #ABC5E9 #CFABE9

monochromatic

#C5D04A #D4DC7B #E4E9AB #F4F6DB #F7F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E4E9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#E4E9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E9AB

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E9AB	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E3A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.080 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0c4',
    500: '#e4e9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e9ab;
$custom-light: #edf0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91533,
    "c": 0.08034,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E9AB

secondary

#7A74C5

accent

#1FC62D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E9AB

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

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