#E4E195#E4E195

#E4E195 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.097 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E195
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 149)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 34.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.22, -10.18, 37.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.22, 38.96, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0271 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.097 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.3456, 72.5156, 39.0352)
Luminance	0.7251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E195 #9598E4

analogous

#E4BA95 #E4E195 #C0E495

triadic

#E4E195 #95E4E1 #E195E4

tetradic

#E4E195 #95E4BA #9598E4 #E495C0

square

#E4E195 #95E4BA #9598E4 #E495C0

split-complementary

#E4E195 #95C0E4 #BA95E4

monochromatic

#CBC534 #D8D364 #E4E195 #F0EFC6 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E195 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#E4E195 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E195

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E195	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E195	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDB90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e195;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.097 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeab5',
    500: '#e4e195',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e195;
$custom-light: #edeab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e195",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.722,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89485,
    "c": 0.09662,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E195

secondary

#6063BD

accent

#25C71E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E195

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

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