#E4EAA8#E4EAA8

#E4EAA8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.085 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4EAA8
RGB	rgb(228, 234, 168)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(65, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 28.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.86, -12.33, 31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.86, 33.80, 111.40°)
OKLab	oklab(91.68% -0.0324 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(91.68% 0.085 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.4856, 78.1675, 48.5182)
Luminance	0.7817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4EAA8 #AEA8EA

analogous

#EACFA8 #E4EAA8 #C3EAA8

triadic

#E4EAA8 #A8E4EA #EAA8E4

tetradic

#E4EAA8 #A8EACF #AEA8EA #EAA8C3

square

#E4EAA8 #A8EACF #AEA8EA #EAA8C3

split-complementary

#E4EAA8 #A8C3EA #CFA8EA

monochromatic

#C5D245 #D5DE77 #E4EAA8 #F3F6D9 #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E4EAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#E4EAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4EAA8

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4EAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4EAA8	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4eaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 234, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.085 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0c2',
    500: '#e4eaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4eaa8;
$custom-light: #edf0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4eaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91681,
    "c": 0.08527,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4EAA8

secondary

#7870C6

accent

#1DC92C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4EAA8

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

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