#E4E298#E4E298

#E4E298 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.094 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E298
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 152)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 33.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.52, -10.33, 36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.52, 37.92, 105.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0273 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.094 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.8594, 73.1549, 40.4033)
Luminance	0.7315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E298 #989AE4

analogous

#E4BC98 #E4E298 #C0E498

triadic

#E4E298 #98E4E2 #E298E4

tetradic

#E4E298 #98E4BC #989AE4 #E498C0

square

#E4E298 #98E4BC #989AE4 #E498C0

split-complementary

#E4E298 #98C0E4 #BC98E4

monochromatic

#CBC737 #D7D468 #E4E298 #F1F0C8 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E298 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E4E298 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E298

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E298	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E298	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e298;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.094 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebb7',
    500: '#e4e298',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e298;
$custom-light: #edebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e298",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 58.462,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89742,
    "c": 0.09431,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E298

secondary

#6365BD

accent

#24C61F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E298

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

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