#E4E9BC#E4E9BC

#E4E9BC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.059 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E9BC
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 188)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(67, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 19.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.96, -9.06, 21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.96, 23.21, 112.99°)
OKLab	oklab(91.89% -0.0229 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(91.89% 0.059 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.2102, 78.4032, 59.0018)
Luminance	0.7840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E9BC #C1BCE9

analogous

#E9D8BC #E4E9BC #CDE9BC

triadic

#E4E9BC #BCE4E9 #E9BCE4

tetradic

#E4E9BC #BCE9D8 #C1BCE9 #E9BCCD

square

#E4E9BC #BCE9D8 #C1BCE9 #E9BCCD

split-complementary

#E4E9BC #BCCDE9 #D8BCE9

monochromatic

#BFCB60 #D1DA8E #E4E9BC #F6F7E8 #F6F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E4E9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#E4E9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E9BC

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E9BC	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.059 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecf0d0',
    500: '#e4e9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e9bc;
$custom-light: #ecf0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91886,
    "c": 0.05923,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E9BC

secondary

#8C85C5

accent

#28BE38

background

#FEFFFE

surface

#FDFEFB

border

#D5D6D4

text

#161614

muted

#848583

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E9BC

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

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