#E4E296#E4E296

#E4E296 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.097 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E296
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 34.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.49, -10.56, 37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.49, 38.92, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(89.71% -0.0281 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(89.71% 0.097 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.6969, 73.0900, 39.5479)
Luminance	0.7309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E296 #9698E4

analogous

#E4BB96 #E4E296 #BFE496

triadic

#E4E296 #96E4E2 #E296E4

tetradic

#E4E296 #96E4BB #9698E4 #E496BF

square

#E4E296 #96E4BB #9698E4 #E496BF

split-complementary

#E4E296 #96BFE4 #BB96E4

monochromatic

#CBC735 #D7D565 #E4E296 #F1EFC7 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#E4E296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E296

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E296	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.097 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebb5',
    500: '#e4e296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e296;
$custom-light: #edebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89707,
    "c": 0.09663,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E296

secondary

#6163BD

accent

#23C71F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E296

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

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