#E4E395#E4E395

#E4E395 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.099 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E395
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 149)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 34.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -11.18, 38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 39.88, 106.28°)
OKLab	oklab(89.9% -0.0299 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(89.9% 0.099 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.8895, 73.6033, 39.2165)
Luminance	0.7360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E395 #9596E4

analogous

#E4BC95 #E4E395 #BEE495

triadic

#E4E395 #95E4E3 #E395E4

tetradic

#E4E395 #95E4BC #9596E4 #E495BE

square

#E4E395 #95E4BC #9596E4 #E495BE

split-complementary

#E4E395 #95BEE4 #BC95E4

monochromatic

#CBC934 #D8D664 #E4E395 #F0F0C6 #F9F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E395 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E4E395 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E395

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E395	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E395	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e395;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.099 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebb5',
    500: '#e4e395',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e395;
$custom-light: #edebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e395",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.241,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89896,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E395

secondary

#6061BD

accent

#21C71E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E395

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

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