#E4E095#E4E095

#E4E095 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.095 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E095
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 149)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 34.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.96, -9.67, 37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.96, 38.50, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0256 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.095 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.0761, 71.9766, 38.9454)
Luminance	0.7198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E095 #9599E4

analogous

#E4B995 #E4E095 #C1E495

triadic

#E4E095 #95E4E0 #E095E4

tetradic

#E4E095 #95E4B9 #9599E4 #E495C1

square

#E4E095 #95E4B9 #9599E4 #E495C1

split-complementary

#E4E095 #95C1E4 #B995E4

monochromatic

#CBC334 #D8D264 #E4E095 #F0EEC6 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E095 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#E4E095 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E095

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E095	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E095	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDB90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e095;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.095 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede9b5',
    500: '#e4e095',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e095;
$custom-light: #ede9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e095",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.962,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89279,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E095

secondary

#6065BD

accent

#27C71E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E095

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

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