#E4EAA5#E4EAA5

#E4EAA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.089 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4EAA5
RGB	rgb(228, 234, 165)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(65, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 29.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.81, -12.72, 32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.81, 35.30, 111.12°)
OKLab	oklab(91.62% -0.0336 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(91.62% 0.089 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.2093, 78.0570, 47.0633)
Luminance	0.7806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4EAA5 #ABA5EA

analogous

#EACDA5 #E4EAA5 #C1EAA5

triadic

#E4EAA5 #A5E4EA #EAA5E4

tetradic

#E4EAA5 #A5EACD #ABA5EA #EAA5C1

square

#E4EAA5 #A5EACD #ABA5EA #EAA5C1

split-complementary

#E4EAA5 #A5C1EA #CDA5EA

monochromatic

#C6D342 #D5DE73 #E4EAA5 #F3F6D7 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E4EAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#E4EAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4EAA5

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4EAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4EAA5	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E4A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E6A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4eaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 234, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.089 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0c0',
    500: '#e4eaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4eaa5;
$custom-light: #edf0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4eaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91624,
    "c": 0.08886,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4EAA5

secondary

#756DC6

accent

#1CCA2B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4EAA5

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

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