#E4EAA6#E4EAA6

#E4EAA6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.088 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4EAA6
RGB	rgb(228, 234, 166)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(65, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 29.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.82, -12.59, 32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.82, 34.80, 111.21°)
OKLab	oklab(91.64% -0.0332 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(91.64% 0.088 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.3007, 78.0936, 47.5445)
Luminance	0.7809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4EAA6 #ACA6EA

analogous

#EACEA6 #E4EAA6 #C2EAA6

triadic

#E4EAA6 #A6E4EA #EAA6E4

tetradic

#E4EAA6 #A6EACE #ACA6EA #EAA6C2

square

#E4EAA6 #A6EACE #ACA6EA #EAA6C2

split-complementary

#E4EAA6 #A6C2EA #CEA6EA

monochromatic

#C6D343 #D5DE74 #E4EAA6 #F3F6D8 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E4EAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#E4EAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4EAA6

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4EAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4EAA6	1.00	1.26	16.62	16.62
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E4A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E6A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4eaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 234, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.088 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0c1',
    500: '#e4eaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4eaa6;
$custom-light: #edf0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4eaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91643,
    "c": 0.08766,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4EAA6

secondary

#766EC6

accent

#1CCA2B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4EAA6

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

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