#E4E196#E4E196

#E4E196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.095 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E196
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 34.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.23, -10.06, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.23, 38.46, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(89.5% -0.0267 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(89.5% 0.095 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.4258, 72.5477, 39.4575)
Luminance	0.7255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E196 #9699E4

analogous

#E4BA96 #E4E196 #C0E496

triadic

#E4E196 #96E4E1 #E196E4

tetradic

#E4E196 #96E4BA #9699E4 #E496C0

square

#E4E196 #96E4BA #9699E4 #E496C0

split-complementary

#E4E196 #96C0E4 #BA96E4

monochromatic

#CBC535 #D7D365 #E4E196 #F1EFC7 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#E4E196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E196

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E196	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDB91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.095 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeab5',
    500: '#e4e196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e196;
$custom-light: #edeab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89502,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E196

secondary

#6164BD

accent

#25C71F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E196

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →