#E4E197#E4E197

#E4E197 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.094 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E197
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 151)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 33.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -9.94, 36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 37.96, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(89.52% -0.0263 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(89.52% 0.094 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.5067, 72.5801, 39.8834)
Luminance	0.7258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E197 #979AE4

analogous

#E4BB97 #E4E197 #C1E497

triadic

#E4E197 #97E4E1 #E197E4

tetradic

#E4E197 #97E4BB #979AE4 #E497C1

square

#E4E197 #97E4BB #979AE4 #E497C1

split-complementary

#E4E197 #97C1E4 #BB97E4

monochromatic

#CBC536 #D7D366 #E4E197 #F1EFC8 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E4E197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E197

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E197	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.094 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeab6',
    500: '#e4e197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e197;
$custom-light: #edeab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.662,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89519,
    "c": 0.09431,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E197

secondary

#6265BD

accent

#26C61F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E197

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

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