#E4E397#E4E397

#E4E397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.097 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E397
RGB	rgb(228, 227, 151)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 33.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.77, -10.94, 37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.77, 38.88, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(89.93% -0.0291 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(89.93% 0.097 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.0505, 73.6677, 40.0647)
Luminance	0.7367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E397 #9798E4

analogous

#E4BD97 #E4E397 #BFE497

triadic

#E4E397 #97E4E3 #E397E4

tetradic

#E4E397 #97E4BD #9798E4 #E497BF

square

#E4E397 #97E4BD #9798E4 #E497BF

split-complementary

#E4E397 #97BFE4 #BD97E4

monochromatic

#CBC936 #D7D666 #E4E397 #F1F0C8 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E4E397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#E4E397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E397

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E397	1.00	1.33	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.33	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)

#EFDD92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 227, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.097 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edebb6',
    500: '#e4e397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e397;
$custom-light: #edebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.221,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8993,
    "c": 0.09665,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E397

secondary

#6263BD

accent

#21C61F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E397

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

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