#E4E9AF#E4E9AF

#E4E9AF is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.075 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E9AF
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 175)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(65, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 24.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.72, -10.90, 27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.72, 29.79, 111.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.61% -0.0281 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(91.61% 0.075 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.8714, 77.8676, 51.9509)
Luminance	0.7787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E9AF #B4AFE9

analogous

#E9D1AF #E4E9AF #C7E9AF

triadic

#E4E9AF #AFE4E9 #E9AFE4

tetradic

#E4E9AF #AFE9D1 #B4AFE9 #E9AFC7

square

#E4E9AF #AFE9D1 #B4AFE9 #E9AFC7

split-complementary

#E4E9AF #AFC7E9 #D1AFE9

monochromatic

#C4CF4F #D4DC7F #E4E9AF #F4F6DF #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E4E9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#E4E9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E9AF

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E9AF	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)

#F2E4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.075 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0c7',
    500: '#e4e9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e9af;
$custom-light: #edf0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.172,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91612,
    "c": 0.07544,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E9AF

secondary

#7E78C5

accent

#21C42F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E9AF

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