#E4E198#E4E198

#E4E198 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.093 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E198
RGB	rgb(228, 225, 152)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 33.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.26, -9.82, 36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.26, 37.46, 105.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.0259 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.093 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.5882, 72.6127, 40.3129)
Luminance	0.7261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E198 #989BE4

analogous

#E4BB98 #E4E198 #C1E498

triadic

#E4E198 #98E4E1 #E198E4

tetradic

#E4E198 #98E4BB #989BE4 #E498C1

square

#E4E198 #98E4BB #989BE4 #E498C1

split-complementary

#E4E198 #98C1E4 #BB98E4

monochromatic

#CBC537 #D7D368 #E4E198 #F1EFC8 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E4E198 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E198

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E198	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)

#EDDB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 225, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.093 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edeab7',
    500: '#e4e198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e198;
$custom-light: #edeab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.632,
    "s": 58.462,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89537,
    "c": 0.09315,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E198

secondary

#6366BD

accent

#26C61F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E198

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

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