#E4EAA9#E4EAA9

#E4EAA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.084 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4EAA9
RGB	rgb(228, 234, 169)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(66, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 27.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.87, -12.20, 30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.87, 33.30, 111.49°)
OKLab	oklab(91.7% -0.032 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(91.7% 0.084 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.5791, 78.2049, 49.0107)
Luminance	0.7820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4EAA9 #AFA9EA

analogous

#EAD0A9 #E4EAA9 #C4EAA9

triadic

#E4EAA9 #A9E4EA #EAA9E4

tetradic

#E4EAA9 #A9EAD0 #AFA9EA #EAA9C4

square

#E4EAA9 #A9EAD0 #AFA9EA #EAA9C4

split-complementary

#E4EAA9 #A9C4EA #D0A9EA

monochromatic

#C5D247 #D5DE78 #E4EAA9 #F3F6DA #F7F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E4EAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#E4EAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4EAA9

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4EAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4EAA9	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E4A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECE2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4eaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 234, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.084 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0c3',
    500: '#e4eaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4eaa9;
$custom-light: #edf0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4eaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.538,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.917,
    "c": 0.08406,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4EAA9

secondary

#7971C6

accent

#1DC82D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4EAA9

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

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