#E4E396#E4E396

#E4E396 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.098 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E396
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 34.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -11.06, 37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 39.38, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(89.91% -0.0295 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(89.91% 0.098 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.9696, 73.6354, 39.6388)
Luminance	0.7363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E396 #9697E4

analogous

#E4BC96 #E4E396 #BEE496

triadic

#E4E396 #96E4E3 #E396E4

tetradic

#E4E396 #96E4BC #9697E4 #E496BE

square

#E4E396 #96E4BC #9697E4 #E496BE

split-complementary

#E4E396 #96BEE4 #BC96E4

monochromatic

#CBC935 #D7D665 #E4E396 #F1F0C7 #F9F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E4E396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#E4E396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E396

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E396	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.098 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebb5',
    500: '#e4e396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e396;
$custom-light: #edebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.231,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89913,
    "c": 0.0978,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E396

secondary

#6162BD

accent

#21C71F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E396

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

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