#E4EAA4#E4EAA4

#E4EAA4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.090 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4EAA4
RGB	rgb(228, 234, 164)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(65, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 29.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -12.85, 33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 35.80, 111.03°)
OKLab	oklab(91.61% -0.034 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(91.61% 0.09 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.1187, 78.0207, 46.5858)
Luminance	0.7802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4EAA4 #AAA4EA

analogous

#EACDA4 #E4EAA4 #C1EAA4

triadic

#E4EAA4 #A4E4EA #EAA4E4

tetradic

#E4EAA4 #A4EACD #AAA4EA #EAA4C1

square

#E4EAA4 #A4EACD #AAA4EA #EAA4C1

split-complementary

#E4EAA4 #A4C1EA #CDA4EA

monochromatic

#C6D341 #D5DF72 #E4EAA4 #F3F5D6 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E4EAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#E4EAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4EAA4

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4EAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4EAA4	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E49F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E6A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4eaa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 234, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.090 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0bf',
    500: '#e4eaa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4eaa4;
$custom-light: #edf0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4eaa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91605,
    "c": 0.09005,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4EAA4

secondary

#746DC6

accent

#1BCA2A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4EAA4

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

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