#E4E097#E4E097

#E4E097 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.093 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E097
RGB	rgb(228, 224, 151)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 33.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.99, -9.44, 36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.99, 37.50, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(89.31% -0.0248 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(89.31% 0.093 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.2371, 72.0410, 39.7935)
Luminance	0.7204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E097 #979BE4

analogous

#E4BA97 #E4E097 #C2E497

triadic

#E4E097 #97E4E0 #E097E4

tetradic

#E4E097 #97E4BA #979BE4 #E497C2

square

#E4E097 #97E4BA #979BE4 #E497C2

split-complementary

#E4E097 #97C2E4 #BA97E4

monochromatic

#CBC336 #D7D266 #E4E097 #F1EEC8 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E4E097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#E4E097 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E097

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E097	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 224, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.093 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede9b6',
    500: '#e4e097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e097;
$custom-light: #ede9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.883,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89314,
    "c": 0.09316,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E097

secondary

#6267BD

accent

#28C61F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E097

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

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