#E4E294#E4E294

#E4E294 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.099 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E294
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 148)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 35.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.46, -10.79, 38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.46, 39.91, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.0289 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.099 107)
XYZ	xyz(64.5373, 73.0261, 38.7070)
Luminance	0.7302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E294 #9496E4

analogous

#E4BA94 #E4E294 #BEE494

triadic

#E4E294 #94E4E2 #E294E4

tetradic

#E4E294 #94E4BA #9496E4 #E494BE

square

#E4E294 #94E4BA #9496E4 #E494BE

split-complementary

#E4E294 #94BEE4 #BA94E4

monochromatic

#CAC733 #D8D563 #E4E294 #F0EFC5 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E294 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#E4E294 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E294

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E294	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E294	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e294;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.099 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebb4',
    500: '#e4e294',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e294;
$custom-light: #edebb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e294",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 59.701,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89673,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.73025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E294

secondary

#5F61BD

accent

#22C71E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E294

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

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