#E4E9AE#E4E9AE

#E4E9AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.077 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E9AE
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 174)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(65, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 25.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.70, -11.04, 28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.70, 30.29, 111.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.59% -0.0285 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(91.59% 0.077 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.7736, 77.8285, 51.4356)
Luminance	0.7783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E9AE #B3AEE9

analogous

#E9D1AE #E4E9AE #C6E9AE

triadic

#E4E9AE #AEE4E9 #E9AEE4

tetradic

#E4E9AE #AEE9D1 #B3AEE9 #E9AEC6

square

#E4E9AE #AEE9D1 #B3AEE9 #E9AEC6

split-complementary

#E4E9AE #AEC6E9 #D1AEE9

monochromatic

#C4CF4E #D4DC7E #E4E9AE #F4F6DE #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E4E9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#E4E9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E9AE

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E9AE	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.077 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0c6',
    500: '#e4e9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e9ae;
$custom-light: #edf0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.085,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91592,
    "c": 0.07668,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E9AE

secondary

#7D77C5

accent

#21C52F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E9AE

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

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