#E4D698#E4D698

#E4D698 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.081 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D698
RGB	rgb(228, 214, 152)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 33.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.43, -4.25, 32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.43, 32.69, 97.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0098 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.081 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.7098, 66.8558, 39.3534)
Luminance	0.6685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D698 #98A6E4

analogous

#E4B098 #E4D698 #CCE498

triadic

#E4D698 #98E4D6 #D698E4

tetradic

#E4D698 #98E4B0 #98A6E4 #E498CC

square

#E4D698 #98E4B0 #98A6E4 #E498CC

split-complementary

#E4D698 #98CCE4 #B098E4

monochromatic

#CBAF37 #D7C368 #E4D698 #F1E9C8 #F9F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#E4D698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D698

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D698	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFCDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 214, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.081 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede2b7',
    500: '#e4d698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d698;
$custom-light: #ede2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 58.462,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87295,
    "c": 0.08133,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D698

secondary

#6373BD

accent

#3EC61F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D698

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

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