#E4D596#E4D596

#E4D596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.083 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D596
RGB	rgb(228, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 34.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -3.98, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 33.30, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0092 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.083 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.2951, 66.2862, 38.4139)
Luminance	0.6628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D596 #96A5E4

analogous

#E4AE96 #E4D596 #CCE496

triadic

#E4D596 #96E4D5 #D596E4

tetradic

#E4D596 #96E4AE #96A5E4 #E496CC

square

#E4D596 #96E4AE #96A5E4 #E496CC

split-complementary

#E4D596 #96CCE4 #AE96E4

monochromatic

#CBAE35 #D7C265 #E4D596 #F1E8C7 #F9F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#E4D596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D596

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D596	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.083 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede1b5',
    500: '#e4d596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d596;
$custom-light: #ede1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87056,
    "c": 0.0827,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D596

secondary

#6173BD

accent

#3FC71F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D596

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

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