#E4E295#E4E295

#E4E295 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.098 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E295
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 149)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 34.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.48, -10.68, 37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.48, 39.41, 105.72°)
OKLab	oklab(89.69% -0.0285 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(89.69% 0.098 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.6168, 73.0579, 39.1256)
Luminance	0.7306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E295 #9597E4

analogous

#E4BB95 #E4E295 #BFE495

triadic

#E4E295 #95E4E2 #E295E4

tetradic

#E4E295 #95E4BB #9597E4 #E495BF

square

#E4E295 #95E4BB #9597E4 #E495BF

split-complementary

#E4E295 #95BFE4 #BB95E4

monochromatic

#CBC734 #D8D564 #E4E295 #F0EFC6 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E4E295 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#E4E295 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E295

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E295	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E295	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e295;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.098 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebb5',
    500: '#e4e295',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e295;
$custom-light: #edebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e295",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.481,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8969,
    "c": 0.09778,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E295

secondary

#6062BD

accent

#23C71E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E295

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

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